> (none):/# cardctl ident
> Socket 0:
> product info: "SunDisk", "SDP", "5/3 0.6"
> manfid: 0x0045, 0x0401
> function: 4 (fixed disk)
>They actually emulate an IDE hard disk, and use the IDE driver part of
>Linux. It's RAM, but accessed that way. Don't ask me why, but it is. :)
>FWIW, though, once you get the right module installed (IDE thing), you
>use it like a hard disk and all. So, you can just mke2fs (or whatever
>takes your fancy.) mkdosfs (fat32) is choice for interoperation with
>other CF-memory devices...
> Daniel
Actually, the way I understand it, they aren't RAM they're ROM. The system
has to read and write it more like a hard drive than RAM (has to flash to
write), so IDE is used.
Tom
Received on Wed Sep 27 06:08:26 2000
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