Subject: Re: IBM Microdrive...
To: Jonathan Young <jyoung@gonzo.turner.com>
From: Matthew Orgass <darkstar@pgh.net>
List: port-hpcmips
Date: 02/16/2000 17:55:28
On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Jonathan Young wrote:

> >wd0d: device timeout reading fsbn 0 (wd0 bn 0; cn 0 tn 0 sn 0), retrying
> >wdc0:0:0: not ready, st=0x10, err=0x00
> 
> I'm actually getting the exact same error with a CF (Lexar 64 MB) on an
> IBM z50. Sometimes it does end up working, but it's incredibly slow and
> seems to happen on each attempt to access the card.

  Actually, I just found out that the reason it is failing on my Clio is
that the Microdrive doesn't meet the PCMCIA specs wrt power use :(.

Matthew Orgass
darkstar@pgh.net