Help with usbscsi.device settings w/ CF card

[MozzerFan]

In Poseidon's massstorage.class settings, wondering if someone could read me their
configuration settings. I just can't seem to get consistent positive results using a CF
card as a usbscsi harddrive. Most of the time, the system does not recognise the card
and when it does, I get bad checksum errors on some of the partitions (even though
I have set the max transfer values appropriately).

 
I'm using poseidon's default settings and I don't have problems.
 
The fact that the card isn't recognised most of the times isn't a good sign. (Sometime setting a higher startup-delay in trident prefs helps).
Have you tried a different cardreader? I know Poseidon can be real picky about cardreaders.
One cardreader I have refuses to work with Poseidon. It's definately not broken, because it works on my Pc.
 
Sounds like you formatted the card with an amiga filesystem.
Do you get the same errors when you have it fat-formatted?
 
Edit: Also try connecting the cardreader to a self-powered usb-hub.

[MozzerFan]

I've tinkered with the settings so much, I no longer know what the default settings are. Don't remember if there is a button for that or not, but will look here soon.

In Trident prefs goto Configuration. There you can remove the USB device entry for your cardreader.
 

Yes, I formatted it with the A1000's OS1.3 FFS, but am trying to read it with my OS3.9 A2500 setup. Could this be the problem?

Dunno. You could try to partition and format the card on your a2500, to see if it makes a difference.

[MozzerFan]

I seem to have the best luck when I select Single LUN, but unsure about the rest. I'll do the default thing here and see what happens.

Funny you mentioned that. The cardreader that won't work on my system is a single LUN cardreader.
I have no problems with two other cardreaders I have. Both are multiple LUN cardreaders.

[MozzerFan]

Just tested it again with the single-lun cardreader.
 
When I connect the cardreader, poseidon recognizes it. I insert a FAT-formatted CF-Card and partition and format it with Os3.9 FFS.
All is well. I copy some system files to the card, and reboot.
It just won't boot from the CF-card. When I insert the CF-card after WB is loaded, I get nak-timeouts all over the place.
The CF-card is not recognized. I've tried various settings and yes I did RTFM.
I just can't make the thing work.
If I use this same card in the other cardreader, the card is recognized and I can boot from it.

[MozzerFan]

Wanna sell me yours? :-)

 I would if I lived in the USA. I live in the Netherlands, so it's probably cheaper to buy one from your local computer shop.

[MozzerFan]

What card reader brand is yours? Maybe they (or another store) will have
something similar. If not, I'll stick with a known brand and NOT buy a multi-card
reader. I guess that's the problem with my setup. When I uncheck Single LUN,
HDToolBox recognises 4 different devices under usbscsi.device, but they are
"unknown" and you can't edit partitions or proceed any further.
 
Thanks MozzerFan for all the help. I hope this does the trick. BTW: your avatar...
can't tell if that's K.D. Lang or Bryan Ferry... (I LOVE Roxy Music) lol

The one that works is a Sweex 53-in-1 cardreader.
 
My Avatar: That's Morrissey, former lead-singer of the Smiths.

[MozzerFan]

Morrissey and The Smiths... great stuff. I know I've always hated when my
friends become successful ;-)