any fix to unrecognized cf card

mtiberio · 11-14-06, 02:26 PM

when I google this, the best I could do is get a reference to go to dells site, but I found nothing there addressing this problem.

I found an older 64 meg sandisk cf card lying around the shop, and using a linux system I formatted it to vfat.

when I put it in the slot, I see nothing. soft reset is no cure. I'm not doing a hard reset, too much work to re-install all my stuff...

any tips?

ikehiker · 11-14-06, 06:26 PM

VFAT may be the problem. I'm not sure the Axim can use anything other than FAT16 or FAT32.

mtiberio · 11-15-06, 09:44 AM

finally got a windoze CF reader, and what my linux system called vfat was fat32. re-formatted to fat16, re-inserted, dis a soft reboot, and I can see the CF card. thanks for the tip... now lets see how long it lasts...

Mystik · 11-15-06, 09:49 AM

Originally Posted by mtiberio

finally got a windoze CF reader, and what my linux system called vfat was fat32. re-formatted to fat16, re-inserted, dis a soft reboot, and I can see the CF card. thanks for the tip... now lets see how long it lasts...

good to hear. i almost responded to this thread, but ikehiker beat me to it... i would've said the same thing...

anyways... good luck, i hope it lasts :approve: