Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 14:59:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 14:58:13 -0500 Received: from [195.39.17.254] ([195.39.17.254]:1540 "EHLO Elf.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 14:53:56 -0500 Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 13:54:49 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Andreas Jellinghaus Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Compactflash cards dying? Message-ID: <20030203125449.GB480@elf.ucw.cz> References: <20030202223009.GA344@elf.ucw.cz> <20030203073028.B4C2920BD9@dungeon.inka.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030203073028.B4C2920BD9@dungeon.inka.de> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 940 Lines: 24 Hi! > > I had compactflash from Apacer (256MB), and it started corrupting data > > in few months, eventually becoming useless and being given back for > > repair. They gave me another one and it is just starting to corrupt > > data. > > last year we had some problems with compactflash. It was only 7bit > clean, not 8bit. However the cards worked fine via usb devices, > but not when used as IDE device. > > test if writing 7bit data is reliable :-) Ouch... I can't imageine how even VFAT would work on something not 8-bit-clean. I doubt FAT only uses 7bits... -- Worst form of spam? Adding advertisment signatures ala sourceforge.net. What goes next? Inserting advertisment *into* email? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/