Re: HITACHI Microdrive detected as a card

On 12/20/06, Kevin <lists-rlw6wC9k61x8UrSeD/[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi List-
>
> I just installed OZ 3.5.4.1 (Opie) on my shiny new 3200 according to the
> howto on the wiki, and the process went very smoothly and quickly.  Thanks
> for the nice tutorial to he/she/those who authored it.
>
> The only problem I've noticed thus far is that the 6GB Hitachi Microdrive is
> getting detected as a card in a card slot.  I can still insert (and have
> detected) regular mass storage cards in the physical CF slot (detected as
> being in "slot 2" (or slot 1 in a 0/1 numbering scheme), but I'd hate to
> make the mistake of "ejecting" the Microdrive.
>
> Any thoughts on how to fix this (or if it needs to be fixed)?  Aside from
> the fact that this is obviously incorrect, I don't see any problems
> resulting from it, but it concerns me for its implications and possibility
> of future problems associated with it.
>

That's not actually an error...The internal Microdrive is actually
hooked up to the same CF/PCMCIA bus as card 0. It *would* be bad to
eject it, but the detection is technically correct. It would be good
to have it not show up as a normal card, though, as ejecting the card
you're running on is a bad idea. I remember hearing something about
this previously but not sure if it went anywhere...

-- 
Justin Patrin

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