>> Some time ago there was discussion about using Compact FLASH solid state
>> disks with NetBSD.  So far, I haven't been able to use them on my laptop
>> (NetBSD freezes while probing the card).  Has anyone been able to make
>> these cards work?  If so, how?
>No, I've not been able to make mine work.  I managed to fix the freezing
>by handling errors in the PCMCIA code instead of just ignoring them.
>But I couldn't get the cards to work, even after increasing some timeouts
>as was suggested to me.  One day when I have time, I might look at
>the Linux code for PCMCIA and se what they do, but I was hoping that
>someone else would update our PCMCIA code.

Those Compact FLASH disks just emulate an IDE drive, right?

I've been diving into the PCMCIA IDE code as of late; if someone is
willing to loan me one for testing, I'll take a stab at making it
work.

--Ken