Ok I tried again today. I got nowhere.
Should I be able to detect the pcmcia adaptor in the workbench app that shows hardware config (can't remember the name).
It detects my ram board, but nothing about the pcmcia adapter.
I've tried the card being formatted as fat and fat32.
What CF card are you using? Some of the CF card refuse to work in PCMCIA port, although they work fine as an IDE device.