PCMCIA CF reader from Amiga kit not working?

[pyrre]

Please don't guess!
Can anyone confirm that the pcmcia slot is buffered and ""hot swapable""??

I usually get a bunch of files at once, transfer them to the cf card on the pc (usb)
Plug the cd card into the pcmcia adapter, turn on the 1200 and good to use.

Years ago, someone at a user group meeting plugged something in and killed the machine. I don't want to happen to me. So I go the safe way!

I also saw several bent pins on the pcmcia slot....watch for issues like that.

By design, the PCMCIA is hot plugging. But (please correct me if i'm wrong) in the amiga 1200 (uncertain about the a600) there is a "reset" bug in the motherboard design on some MB revisions, meaning the bus reset signal does not always reset the card bus. in short it means you might need to reboot the computer to let it accept new cards.
My friend had a squirrel-scsi and a 3com network card, and he needed to reboot the A1200 to let it see the card had changed.
As long as the card reader itself stays in the slot, there should never be any issues.... AFAIK. Since CF is by design hotswap. (removable media)

Wiki article about PCMCIA
Wiki article about CompactFlash

[ddniUK]

Is it normal to use cd cd0: when you want to cd to cf0: ?
There is a card reset patch on amines to help the mobo reset bug.

[kreciu]

Please don't guess!
Can anyone confirm that the pcmcia slot is buffered and ""hot swapable""??

It is.