The general discussion on the various photography boards and forums is that Creative/Hitachi are now shipping Muvos' with a modified microdrive that is
NOT CF compatible. It's not clear to me exactly what modifications have been made to the drive, and theres lots of speculation out there on the net as to what was done.
If you're using a Hitachi white label OEM 4Gb microdrive, the key point is to check the barcode on the microdrive. To date, I've collected the following ino:
Last digits of barcode / CF compatable
3BA Yes
41C Yes
42B Yes
43B Yes
44C No
45C No
The changes made are clearly shutting down the extraction of microdrives from Muvos for digital camera use, since the cameras can't be upgraded easily.. but, with an open source Linux OS, I'm sure it's only a matter of time before we figure what the trick is. At which point Zaurus owners can scoop up all the non-CF microdrives from eBay that nobody else wants
I don't think this is a problem with specific Zaurus models, it's the model of microdrive itself. This link includes a statement from a Hitachi engineer confirming the OEM drives are not CF compatible.
Steve's DigicamsFor anyone that has a CF compatible microdrive , the existing howto covers everything.
Since I got my '44C' working under win2k pro with a CF reader, there is hope. I love to hear what anyone else is learning about the modified 'muvodrives' .