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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: RE: unable to format hard drive?RE: unable to format hard drive?
From: John Eckman <jeckman_at_molecular.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 10:09:42 -0500 Sorry - should have specified in my original email. Partition Manager can format FAT32 drives of 80 gigs - it is how I originally formatted the drive. Windows 2000's built-in formatting (in Device Manager or at a DOS prompt) won't format larger drives - but it is failing even if I try to make it NTFS. If I use a Linux distro, anyone have good directions on formatting a USB attached disk in Linux as FAT32? -----Original Message----- From: rockbox-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se on behalf of rockboxmailinglist_at_gmx.net Sent: Thu 2/26/2004 9:49 AM To: Rockbox development Cc: Subject: Re: unable to format hard drive? J> My JBR20 has an 80 gig drive in it. J> (...) J> Any advice? (I don't have access currently to a linux box, just win2k or J> MacOS X). As much as I know Windows 2000 is unable to format drives exceeding a certain capacity with FAT32. I had a similar problem with an imagetank that has a 20 GB hard disk built-in - I couldn't format it using my laptop with Windows 2000 on it. So I tried it again with the imagetank connected to my desktop computer running Windows XP - there it worked. If you don't have access to a Windows XP machine you should try Knoppix as Mike Holden stated in another message. Knoppix can be booted completey from CD-ROM, no installation required. It should be able to format your drive with FAT32. Carsten _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox 2" _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox Received on 2004-02-26 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |