List of known to work CF brands

[Sim085]

If I remember well not all CF cards work when used with an Amiga. I know there is a list somewhere but I cannot seem to find it. Does anyone have a link to this or know what I should look for when buying new CF cards? I usually stick to SanDisk cards but they have different levels such as the Ultra (50MB/s) and Extreme (120MB/s).

[Predseda]

Big problem of SanDisk is there is really high level of chinesse piracy and eBay is full of fake sandisks You can register your card on Sandisk official web, though.

[Sim085]

Ok, but let say I buy from Amazon, would the Extreme level work on an Amiga? Or going with Ultra is better?

Originally Posted by Predseda

Big problem of SanDisk is there is really high level of chinesse piracy and eBay is full of fake sandisks You can register your card on Sandisk official web, though.

[Toni Wilen]

At least newer reflective silver label SanDisk Ultras use "illegal" CHS geometry values which enables (with directscsi filesystem) up to 128G drive size without requiring usual A600/A1200/A4000 IDE scsi.device updates.

http://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p=...&postcount=278

[Sim085]

Thanks for this. From what I read here (https://thomas-rapp.homepage.t-online.de/4gb_faq.html) there are still "challenges" in going with partitions over 2GB and disks over 4GB.


However I think I'm still going for a 16GB card. Is it correct that if I don't create more than 2 partitions of 2GB each I should be ok? (I know it sounds like a waste but in the future I might try creating larger size partitions, just not a priority at the moment).

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

At least newer reflective silver label SanDisk Ultras use "illegal" CHS geometry values which enables (with directscsi filesystem) up to 128G drive size without requiring usual A600/A1200/A4000 IDE scsi.device updates.

http://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p=...&postcount=278

[Toni Wilen]

Originally Posted by Sim085

Thanks for this. From what I read here (https://thomas-rapp.homepage.t-online.de/4gb_faq.html) there are still "challenges" in going with partitions over 2GB and disks over 4GB.

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=61666

With above Sandisk, you only need RDB installed filesystem that uses direct scsi mode. No more boot drive size limits, no 4G partition limits etc..

However I think I'm still going for a 16GB card. Is it correct that if I don't create more than 2 partitions of 2GB each I should be ok? (I know it sounds like a waste but in the future I might try creating larger size partitions, just not a priority at the moment).

It would be very big waste of RAM (filesystem buffers, each partition needs own buffer) and all those partitions make volume/device selection requesters annoying to use...

[LoneWolf]

I have tested 3 different CF cards that I had lying around on my A1200.


Canon 16Mb Works
SanDisk Ultra II 2GB Works
Lexar 1GB Doesn't Work

[grelbfarlk]

Some larger ones I've used:
SanDisk Extreme 32GB
Toshiba Exceria 64GB

[jPV]

Originally Posted by Sim085

However I think I'm still going for a 16GB card. Is it correct that if I don't create more than 2 partitions of 2GB each I should be ok? (I know it sounds like a waste but in the future I might try creating larger size partitions, just not a priority at the moment).

Yes that's correct and a perfectly fine solution.

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

It would be very big waste of RAM (filesystem buffers, each partition needs own buffer) and all those partitions make volume/device selection requesters annoying to use...

I don't think it's any bigger waste with only two partitions, as he suggested. Or even with third big partition some day.

CF cards working on a cheap IDE-CF adapter in my A1200s:
Kingston elite pro 4GB 133x (CF/4GB-S2)
Kingston elite pro 8GB 133x (CF/8GB-S2)
Mustang Interlagos 16GB 633x