PCMCIA CF card After Restart

manic23 · 14 April 2013, 18:20

I have read up on this a LOT, here on EAB and elsewhere. I know that there is bug in Workbench that prevents the PCMCIA CF adaptor showing after a restart and I know all about cardreset and cardpatch, the problem is that i just cant get it working and it driving me NUTS!

I have cardreset and cardpatch in my C drive and have added the following lines to my User Startup

C:cardpatch
run >NIL: C:cardreset TICKS 50

But it just does not work, I have to remove the PCMCIA adaptor and reinsert it every time I reset my Miggy.

Please for the love of god, what am i doing wrong?

Retro-Nerd · 14 April 2013, 18:33

Do you use the latest v1.27 compactflash.device? Could help with some CF cards.

http://aminet.net/search?query=compact+flash

manic23 · 14 April 2013, 18:42

I just tried updating to 1.27 (I think it was already that version) and still no joy

thomas · 14 April 2013, 19:00

I would imagine that running cardreset asynchronously is not a good idea. CF0 will be mounted before the reset is done. This could be the cause of the problem.

manic23 · 14 April 2013, 19:16

OK, so how to I fix it?

thomas · 14 April 2013, 22:26

Remove run >nil: from the command line. Why did you add it?

manic23 · 14 April 2013, 23:46

OK, thanks I'll try that tomorrow, I added it because I was following advice from another user on another forum.

manic23 · 15 April 2013, 09:14

Still no joy

My user-startup now reads

C:CardPatch
C:CardReset TICKS 50

But still the dam PCMCIA CF card does not display after a restart. Are there perhaps any other commands I need to enter?

Turran · 15 April 2013, 21:29

I've never needed to run CardPatch. Just CardReset. I can even run CardReset after startup when CF0 has already been loaded and it just pops up on the workbench..

manic23 · 15 April 2013, 22:18

I've tried that too, believe me I've tried everything I can think of, just not working for me, no idea why

Retro-Nerd · 15 April 2013, 22:21

Then you should really try another CF card brand. Maybe an incompatibility between the adapter and your card.

manic23 · 21 April 2013, 10:05

Right, I got to the bottom of this, Retro-Nerd was right, it was the brand of my card that was the problem. The odd thing is that I am using SanDisk Ultra II & Transcend 133x 4gb CF cards that work perfectly fine as a hard drive with the internal IDE adaptor, but will not auto mount with the PCMCIA adaptor after a restart! how odd! The card that works with PCMCIA is some unbranded 1GB card. The Amiga world just gets weirder by the day!

Turran · 21 April 2013, 19:06

As I've discussed before, I have one CF card that does not work with the scsi.device provided by OS 3.9. It just software failures as soon as it loads that scsi.device.

So some CF cards are funky it seems... glad you found the issue.

14 April 2013, 18:20	#1
manic23 Only Amiga! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: London / UK Age: 53 Posts: 512	PCMCIA CF card After Restart I have read up on this a LOT, here on EAB and elsewhere. I know that there is bug in Workbench that prevents the PCMCIA CF adaptor showing after a restart and I know all about cardreset and cardpatch, the problem is that i just cant get it working and it driving me NUTS! I have cardreset and cardpatch in my C drive and have added the following lines to my User Startup C:cardpatch run >NIL: C:cardreset TICKS 50 But it just does not work, I have to remove the PCMCIA adaptor and reinsert it every time I reset my Miggy. Please for the love of god, what am i doing wrong?

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14 April 2013, 18:33	#2
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 52 Posts: 12,454	Do you use the latest v1.27 compactflash.device? Could help with some CF cards. http://aminet.net/search?query=compact+flash

14 April 2013, 18:42	#3
manic23 Only Amiga! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: London / UK Age: 53 Posts: 512	I just tried updating to 1.27 (I think it was already that version) and still no joy

14 April 2013, 19:00	#4
thomas Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 7,024	I would imagine that running cardreset asynchronously is not a good idea. CF0 will be mounted before the reset is done. This could be the cause of the problem.

14 April 2013, 19:16	#5
manic23 Only Amiga! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: London / UK Age: 53 Posts: 512	OK, so how to I fix it?

14 April 2013, 22:26	#6
thomas Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 7,024	Remove run >nil: from the command line. Why did you add it?

14 April 2013, 23:46	#7
manic23 Only Amiga! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: London / UK Age: 53 Posts: 512	OK, thanks I'll try that tomorrow, I added it because I was following advice from another user on another forum.

15 April 2013, 09:14	#8
manic23 Only Amiga! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: London / UK Age: 53 Posts: 512	Still no joy My user-startup now reads C:CardPatch C:CardReset TICKS 50 But still the dam PCMCIA CF card does not display after a restart. Are there perhaps any other commands I need to enter?

15 April 2013, 21:29	#9
Turran Moderator Join Date: May 2012 Location: Stockholm / Sweden Age: 49 Posts: 1,575	I've never needed to run CardPatch. Just CardReset. I can even run CardReset after startup when CF0 has already been loaded and it just pops up on the workbench..

15 April 2013, 22:18	#10
manic23 Only Amiga! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: London / UK Age: 53 Posts: 512	I've tried that too, believe me I've tried everything I can think of, just not working for me, no idea why

15 April 2013, 22:21	#11
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 52 Posts: 12,454	Then you should really try another CF card brand. Maybe an incompatibility between the adapter and your card.

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21 April 2013, 10:05	#12
manic23 Only Amiga! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: London / UK Age: 53 Posts: 512	Right, I got to the bottom of this, Retro-Nerd was right, it was the brand of my card that was the problem. The odd thing is that I am using SanDisk Ultra II & Transcend 133x 4gb CF cards that work perfectly fine as a hard drive with the internal IDE adaptor, but will not auto mount with the PCMCIA adaptor after a restart! how odd! The card that works with PCMCIA is some unbranded 1GB card. The Amiga world just gets weirder by the day!

21 April 2013, 19:06	#13
Turran Moderator Join Date: May 2012 Location: Stockholm / Sweden Age: 49 Posts: 1,575	As I've discussed before, I have one CF card that does not work with the scsi.device provided by OS 3.9. It just software failures as soon as it loads that scsi.device. So some CF cards are funky it seems... glad you found the issue.