Greetings all,

I've been running NetBSD 1.6 on a MobilePro 780 for a bit now - quite 
happy with a PQI 256 MB CF card.  But... I wanted some more elbow 
room, and I recently picked up a SanDisk Ultra 512, and I am getting 
unexpected and largely annoying errors...  Sometimes It will install 
all the way through, sometimes not.  Once installed, I can use it for 
a while, but inevitably I will trip over same error.  Sometimes it 
happens when installing software, sometimes when starting X, 
sometimes when copying files - I will hit a loop of an error like 
this:

wd0a: error writing fsbn 409830 of 409830-409831 (wd0 bn 418902; cn 
415 tn 9 sn 15), retrying
wd0: (id not found)

{repeat ad nauseum}

I've tried two different Ultra 512s, and on both the 780 and the 770 
I used to run -  the numbers change, depending upon what it's trying 
to do, and when - but it's all variations on a theme.  It works 
beautifully for a while ( or sometimes not so long ) and then I start 
getting the errors.

I haven't had problems like this before with my old card, or off of a 
340 MB microdrive - and also had no troubles on the 770 previously ( 
tho it doesn't support the microdrive ) - I've tried a couple 
different geometries too, and all with the same results.

Has anyone else been successful with using an Ultra 512?  How 'bout a 
plain old 512?  I am hoping that if it *is* an incompatibility, it's 
just with the Ultra variety, not with the size.

Any clues?

Cheers,
James

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