Compact Flash Reader problem

[Marcin1982]

I bought  Sandisk card 256 and cf0: NDOs,   it begins bothers me

[AAACHIPSET]

i decided to retry my 4 meg compact flash card an adaptor  ..to discover i didnt have CF0  installed ...but card still doesnt show ..i get a card is write protected message  when i try to prep it..its a canon card came with the pcmcia adaptor so im assuming it should work ..however the software was faulty so i basically had to copy fat95 etc to there proper places ..any ideas ?? ..not a biggie  but be nice to work ..

[paul1981]

i decided to retry my 4 meg compact flash card an adaptor  ..to discover i didnt have CF0  installed ...but card still doesnt show ..i get a card is write protected message  when i try to prep it..its a canon card came with the pcmcia adaptor so im assuming it should work ..however the software was faulty so i basically had to copy fat95 etc to there proper places ..any ideas ?? ..not a biggie  but be nice to work ..

What do you mean by "try to prep it" ?
All that needs to be done is the following:

Copy the file "fat95" from the following archive to L:
http://aminet.net/package/disk/misc/fat95

Copy "compactflash.device" from the following archive into DEVS:
http://aminet.net/package/disk/misc/cfd
Drag the "CF0" file (a mountlist) somewhere on your hard drive, and click on it when  you want to mount your CF. I keep mine in SYS:Storage/DosDrivers.

So if after clicking on the CF0 icon your CF isn't recognised, just select the drive either from Workbench, or from the format tool and do a quick format. It will say "Initializing..." for a while, but then your CF drive should appear and be usable.

Putting the line "CardReset" early on in your Startup-sequence would be a good idea also:
http://aminet.net/package/util/boot/CardReset

Hope this helps.

[mechy]

The Kingston 4GB card is well known as being not compatible with the Amiga PCMCIA port.

That is the reason we sell test compatible cards here:

http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=911

I second this, i have had quite a few of the kingston 4gb cards with the flower(non pro version) and find them hit and miss,some work fine, some are quite problematic.I avoid them now totally.

It is also worth noting that about 40% of the cf/sd cards sold on ebay are fakes or counterfeit. Heed this people, and buy cards from trusted shops. places like ebay and deal extreme etc are full of these fake cards for sale.
If its way cheaper than everyone else and seems too good to be true, it probably is.Spend a few more dollars and buy a good card and save yourself some headaches. Sandisk cards with the serial number on the card can be verified and registered on their site.
.:whack:

[Marcin1982]

http://allegro.pl/cf-compactflash-128-mb-pqi-40x-6mb-s-gwarancja-i2793309593.html
I bought this card and work great

[mechy]

I bought  Sandisk card 256 and cf0: NDOs,   it begins bothers me

are you sure you have the correct fat95 installed and not the one for os4?
also, add the card reset patches in if you dont have them.

dont use the Commodore PREPCARD tools. they are essentially useless.

if you want to format the card from the amiga,just click the cf0:Ndos once and use the format from workbench menu,make sure to use quick format. it will be amiga dos formatted card then and not fat.

i suspect you need it working as FAT to move files though.

[ChaosLord]

Any CF CARD > 4GB?