v20260911

This distribution includes compactflash.device 2.0, a new major release of the PCMCIA CompactFlash driver for Amiga 600/1200. It adds automatic card mounting, with configurable behaviour on removal. The new compactflash.automount module handles startup and automount, using the shared ptable.library scanner.

Highlights

• Automount is enabled by default. Insert a card and its partitions mount once DOS is running. Cold boot registers RDB partitions; MBR, GPT and whole-disk FAT volumes follow at DOS startup, using your preferences.
• Card removal requests a full unmount of supported filesystems by default. Handlers still in use remain available for reinsertion. UNMOUNT <names> selects which filesystems to unmount; UNMOUNT NONE keeps their handlers.
• Shared partition scanning covers RDB, MBR, GPT and whole-disk FAT. The bundled lsptres tool shows detected partitions and mount settings.

Configuration examples

Edit ENV:cfd.prefs for runtime changes; save a copy as ENVARC:cfd.prefs to retain them after reboot. Settings are reread on card events; existing handlers retain their startup options. Includes sample preferences.

Automount for FAT cards

AUTOMOUNT 1
UNMOUNT FAT
CONTROL_FAT +q

Inserted cards mount automatically. On removal, FAT volumes are unmounted unless still in use; other filesystem handlers stay loaded for reinsertion. FAT mounts receive fat95's quiet +q option, which suppresses error windows while reporting errors to the calling program.

Previous behaviour

For manual mounting through DEVS:DOSDrivers and handlers kept across removal, use:

AUTOMOUNT 0
UNMOUNT NONE

See the automount guide for installation with LoadModule and selecting fat95 or CrossDOS. Automount can run from disk; cold boot from a CF card requires the modules in a Kickstart ROM.

Tools

CFInfo 1.38

• The report is paged to fit the console window. Any key continues; Q stops.
• Redirected output runs without pauses.
• Output uses LF line endings.

pcmciacheck 2.0

• -identify: repeated-read tests reporting STABLE, UNSTABLE or STUCK; the active transfer mode determines the verdict. -r <runs> sets repetitions (default 5). Results go to the console. See #67.
• Timing comparisons at 100, 150, 250 and 720 ns. -identify all prints a stability matrix; -s all captures and logs every timing. Timing is restored on exit; these tests do not change driver settings.

Components

• compactflash.device 2.0 (11.09.2026) (new)
• compactflash.automount 2.0 (27.08.2026) (new)
• ptable.library 2.0 (11.09.2026) (new)
• CFInfo 1.38 (11.09.2026) (new)
• pcmciaspeed 1.36 (02.01.2026)
• pcmciacheck 2.0 (06.08.2026) (new)
• lsptres 1.0 (11.09.2026) (new)

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