Mark, >> When doing "mke2fs /dev/hda1" after 30 seconds I get >> >> hda: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } >> ide: failed opcode was: unknown >> ide0: reset: master: error (0x00?) > > Mmmm.. No idea, but one thing to try is "hdparm -W0" on the card, > and see if that makes any difference. No. It does not make any difference. Thanks. BTW: a) Windows does its famous Blue Screen when accessing the card. So it looks like this special CF card is broken. b) I got a new one today. SLCF1GBJ-F. Same revision (7.0.0) and same firmware (05/03/04) and same geometry. Only that this one reports "fixed" and not "removable". But this can NOT be the reason for one working and the other not working! (I hardcoded the config->id value ...) -- Steven - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html