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Howto find idstrings

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About

This howto describes how you can grab the idstring of your compactflash card. Eventually you will be able to get your compactflash card working with standard jlime kernels.

howto

1. Downloads
1. Download this kernel image here
2. Download this initrd image here
3. Download this params.txt here
4. Download linexec bootloader here

2. Move to CF
Copy all those files to the root of your non-working CF card. If you got an non-english jornada you will need to edit the params.txt. Insert the CF in your jornada and doubleclick on linexec.

3. Boot Once inside linux environment run

    sh /linuxrc

4. Extract Now lets find those strings:

    cd /sys/bus/pcmcia/devices/1.0/
    cat manf_id
    cat prod_id1
    cat prod_id2

5. Send mail with information Example:

    Hi Kristoffer,
    This is the information I got about my Sandisk Ultra II 4GB card
    manf_id  =.....
    prod_id1 =.....
    prod_id2 =.....
    Please add support for kernel 2.6.X since it doesnt work for me there.

send to :kristoffer.ericson@gmail.com

Problems

If you cannot find the dirs above, please search through the /sys subfolders until you encounter the files, they usually reside below /sys/bus.

Developer notes

  • Initial value is 0
  • CRC32 Polym is 04C11DB7

Good site for CRC32 check is http://www.zorc.breitbandkatze.de/crc.html