You could just use a "IDE2CF adapter on the PATA thingie?

On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 9:46 AM, Bill Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  this is what I was referring to in my previous e-mail:
>  http://lists.soekris.com/pipermail/soekris-tech/2007-January/011447.html
>  or:
>  http://readlist.com/lists/lists.soekris.com/soekris-tech/0/1379.html
>
>  There were lots of CF/HDD trouble posts around this period, so this
>  should serve as a good starting point for searching more info about
>  CF/HDD issues.
>
>  Speaking of CF/IDE/ATA/SATA: are there any plans for a smaller board
>  with _no_ HDD support but with a second on-board CF adapter? To me, that
>  would be _really_ useful.
>
>  Bill
>
>
>
>  On Fri, 2008-02-15 at 08:51 +0100, Pontus Pihlgren wrote:
>  > I think its a misconception on Otfrieds part. You can use the CF and the
>  > Harddrive at the same time. However you cannot use the IDE connector,
>  > SATA connector and CF at the same time, it is two out of three if I
>  > recall correctly. There was a thread about it, but I can't locate it.
>  >
>  > Regards,
>  > Pontus.
>  >
>  > MikaelArhelger skrev:
>  > > How does that make sense?
>  > > I want to boot linux from CF card and store data on hdd: That makes 
> sense,
>  > > does it not?
>  > >
>  > > Mikael
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > Otfried Geffert-2 wrote:
>  > >
>  > >> I remember: you can either use one or the other.
>  > >>
>  > >> Either you use the harddisk and do not "see"the CF card
>  > >> or vice versa. I think that is a hardware issue - the board
>  > >> is designed that way.
>  > >>
>  > >> Otfried
>  > >>
>  > >> ----- Original Message -----
>  > >> From: "Mikael Arhelger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>  > >> To: <[email protected]>
>  > >> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 4:07 PM
>  > >> Subject: [Soekris] 5501 under Debian can not see harddisk 5K160
>  > >>
>  > >>
>  > >>
>  > >>> Got my first 5501 and booting Debian from 2GB Kingston CF card.
>  > >>> Can do fidsk -l to see only /dev/hdb but not the harddisk; a Hitachi
>  > >>> 5K160 ATA 40GB.
>  > >>>
>  > >>> A sync command will make the yellow LED brighter for a short time
>  > >>> (split second).
>  > >>>
>  > >>> Any idea?  Bios can not see or ...
>  > >>>
>  > >>> Any pointer appreciated.
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