4G SD card. Will it work with the super card?

mikesinclair · December 07, 2005, 04:47:03 PM

ouza · December 07, 2005, 05:42:21 PM

Why does'nt it work ? :lol:

Critical_Impact · December 07, 2005, 05:51:13 PM

I thought cards above 2gb didnt work due to the limitations of the FAT file system

gl0b · December 07, 2005, 05:52:47 PM

i dont know... but what about the fat16 limitations?

QuoteAT16: The FAT used for most older systems, and for small partitions on modern systems, uses a 16-bit binary number to hold cluster numbers. When you see someone refer to a "FAT" volume generically, they are usually referring to FAT16, because it is the de facto standard for hard disks, even with FAT32 now more popular than FAT16. A volume using FAT16 can hold a maximum of 65,526 clusters, which is 2^16 less a few values (again for reserved values in the FAT). FAT16 is used for hard disk volumes ranging in size from 16 MB to 2,048 MB. VFAT is a variant of FAT16.

from http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/file/partSizes-c.html[/code]

Koji · December 07, 2005, 06:22:34 PM

The maximum card size supported currently is 2GB. You could in theory support more if there was a way to support partitioned cards, or if they added FAT32 support.

Critical_Impact · December 07, 2005, 07:15:06 PM

I wonder how hard it would be to add FAT32 support to SC? I reckon it wouldnt be that different

thaddius · December 07, 2005, 08:42:52 PM

Quote from: "Critical_Impact"I wonder how hard it would be to add FAT32 support to SC? I reckon it wouldnt be that different

haha! So I assume you're spearheading the project?

Dudu.exe · December 07, 2005, 09:01:28 PM

weel tell about this 2gb limitation to my 10 gb Harddriver from my old pc!

zektor · December 07, 2005, 09:11:29 PM

Actually, the FAT16 partition size limit is 4GB. True, in DOS and Win 3.1/95/98/ME you can only create 2GB FAT16 partitions. In Win NT, 2000, and XP it is possible to create 4GB FAT16 partitions, of course requiring the use of 64kb clusters. It is non-standard, but indeed supported.

Just my techie self coming out

lord_kthulu · December 07, 2005, 11:01:48 PM

Quote from: "zektor"Actually, the FAT16 partition size limit is 4GB. True, in DOS and Win 3.1/95/98/ME you can only create 2GB FAT16 partitions. In Win NT, 2000, and XP it is possible to create 4GB FAT16 partitions, of course requiring the use of 64kb clusters. It is non-standard, but indeed supported.

Just my techie self coming out

Damn Zektor, you beat me to it.
And I was even going to put my creds in my Sig

Intoxicated with the Madness,

Kthulu

Opinionated MCSE

mikesinclair · December 07, 2005, 11:54:22 PM

Quote from: "zektor"Actually, the FAT16 partition size limit is 4GB. True, in DOS and Win 3.1/95/98/ME you can only create 2GB FAT16 partitions. In Win NT, 2000, and XP it is possible to create 4GB FAT16 partitions, of course requiring the use of 64kb clusters. It is non-standard, but indeed supported.

Just my techie self coming out

so it will work at least 2G of it

lord_kthulu · December 08, 2005, 01:44:58 AM

Quote from: "mikesinclair"so it will work at least 2G of it

As far as I know.
I'd be surprised if the Supercard supported the kind of Fat16 that the NT OS supports.

I think the general opinion is that the Supercard only supports up tp 2 Gig.

Maybe you could test it? Or were you thinking of buying a 4Gig card?

Intoxicated with the Madness,

Kthulu

lord_kthulu · December 08, 2005, 01:48:56 AM

Quote from: "Dudu.exe"weel tell about this 2gb limitation to my 10 gb Harddriver from my old pc!

I think I know why you believe that.

What OS are you using? Is it XP?

When you format your hard disk, as you probably know it gives you the option of FAT or NTFS. When you choose FAT and your partition size is greater than 2 Gig, the drive is formatted with FAT32.

Apologies for geeking out on you Dudu, I just thought it might be handy to know

Intoxicated with the Madness,

Kthulu

mikesinclair · December 08, 2005, 09:23:11 AM

Quote from: "lord_kthulu"
Quote from: "Dudu.exe"weel tell about this 2gb limitation to my 10 gb Harddriver from my old pc!

I think I know why you believe that.

What OS are you using? Is it XP?

When you format your hard disk, as you probably know it gives you the option of FAT or NTFS. When you choose FAT and your partition size is greater than 2 Gig, the drive is formatted with FAT32.

Apologies for geeking out on you Dudu, I just thought it might be handy to know

Intoxicated with the Madness,

Kthulu

mikesinclair · December 08, 2005, 09:24:22 AM

Quote from: "lord_kthulu"
Quote from: "Dudu.exe"weel tell about this 2gb limitation to my 10 gb Harddriver from my old pc!

I think I know why you believe that.

What OS are you using? Is it XP?

When you format your hard disk, as you probably know it gives you the option of FAT or NTFS. When you choose FAT and your partition size is greater than 2 Gig, the drive is formatted with FAT32.

Apologies for geeking out on you Dudu, I just thought it might be handy to know

Intoxicated with the Madness,

Kthulu