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[ratx]

heh. You need to run the commands detailed above from the windows XP command line. Work out the drive letter for your cardreader device then type "cmd" in the run box etc.

[mikesinclair]

heh. You need to run the commands detailed above from the windows XP command line. Work out the drive letter for your cardreader device then type "cmd" in the run box etc.

I tried it and it did not work

[ratx]

so what was the error on the cmd line?

[mikesinclair]

so what was the error on the cmd line?

I do not remember. I think it said invalid something or error something. I would try again, but I already pakaged it up to return it for 2, 2G sd cards

[ratx]

Hmm seems very odd, as I've seen other 4gb SD cards formatted in this exact same way. Even if that didn't work the win32 port of "mkdosfs" definately would have worked, ah well.

[mikesinclair]

Hmm seems very odd, as I've seen other 4gb SD cards formatted in this exact same way. Even if that didn't work the win32 port of "mkdosfs" definately would have worked, ah well.

what do you type for a command to format to FAT. because I don't know somebody posted an example of how but maybe it was incorrect. However I can format it FAT32 format but the sc doesn't work with that

[mikesinclair]

Hmm seems very odd, as I've seen other 4gb SD cards formatted in this exact same way. Even if that didn't work the win32 port of "mkdosfs" definately would have worked, ah well.

what do you type for a command to format to FAT. because I don't know somebody posted an example of how but maybe it was incorrect. However I can format it FAT32 format but the sc doesn't work with that

Tried FORMAT G: /FS:FAT /A:64K and it formated it but in FAT32 format. whoever posted the other command that I used before it did nothing. It said the error, or invalid entry,or something else, I forget. Still SC can't use FAT32

[ratx]

http://www.mager.org/mkdosfs/ have a crack with this then...

[mikesinclair]

http://www.mager.org/mkdosfs/ have a crack with this then...

I don't get it. I'm not trying to format to FAT32, and I'm seeming to find out that the max size for FAT "FAT16" format is 2G. Thankx for the help though. plus I'm just trying to format a 4G sd memory card, not a disk drive or other.      

I found this using google. typed in FAT16

Tips & Tricks

Computing Terms

FAT (16 & 32) -

What's FAT?

"The FAT (file allocation table) is basically an index on your hard drive. Your computer uses this index to remember where it stuck your files. The bad thing is that if it get damaged somehow, you're data is probably gone forever."

"There are basically two types, FAT32 and FAT16. In this case, the bigger the better. FAT32 stores files more efficiently and allows the use of disk drives over 2 GB. With a FAT16 system, you have about a 2 GB limit on disk size. So, if you have a 6 GB hard drive, you need to partition it off into 3 under FAT 16, but FAT 32 can see the whole thing"

"Since FAT16 is limited to 2GB per partition, drives that use it tend to have multiple partition"

And I don't think that you can partition a sd memory card

[deathrabbit]

You can use that to format any drive, and if you read what the command line options are, you would have realized that you can choose FAT whatever you want.

[mikesinclair]

You can use that to format any drive, and if you read what the command line options are, you would have realized that you can choose FAT whatever you want.

PostPosted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 6:04 pm    Post subject:    Reply with quote Edit/Delete this post
ratx wrote:
http://www.mager.org/mkdosfs/ have a crack with this then...
I don't get it. I'm not trying to format to FAT32, and I'm seeming to find out that the max size for FAT "FAT16" format is 2G. Thankx for the help though. plus I'm just trying to format a 4G sd memory card, not a disk drive or other.

I found this using google. typed in FAT16

Tips & Tricks

Computing Terms

FAT (16 & 32) -

What's FAT?

"The FAT (file allocation table) is basically an index on your hard drive. Your computer uses this index to remember where it stuck your files. The bad thing is that if it get damaged somehow, you're data is probably gone forever."

"There are basically two types, FAT32 and FAT16. In this case, the bigger the better. FAT32 stores files more efficiently and allows the use of disk drives over 2 GB. With a FAT16 system, you have about a 2 GB limit on disk size. So, if you have a 6 GB hard drive, you need to partition it off into 3 under FAT 16, but FAT 32 can see the whole thing"

"Since FAT16 is limited to 2GB per partition, drives that use it tend to have multiple partition"

And I don't think that you can partition a sd memory card

[deathrabbit]

I read your post before, and that is a limit on STANDARD fat partitions.  Your card does not have to be standardly partitioned.  Also, why can't you make multiple partitions?

[ratx]

I belive the fat16 2g limitation applies when using 32k clusters, using 64k as the earlier command line you can get up to 4g on some devices.

[mikesinclair]

I belive the fat16 2g limitation applies when using 32k clusters, using 64k as the earlier command line you can get up to 4g on some devices.

SD cards must be one of those devices that can't

[mikesinclair]

I read your post before, and that is a limit on STANDARD fat partitions.  Your card does not have to be standardly partitioned.  Also, why can't you make multiple partitions?

how would you go about making  multiple partitions on a sd card? Where is there an option to have it standardly partitioned or other? And if posible, that means only what, 2G of the card will be to of use? How would you access the 2 partitions on the SC.and if only one of the partitions shows up on the SC, how do you determine which one will it be?