From: George Styles <george_at_ripnet.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 16:29:52 +0100

There is not a 32gig limit on Fat32, but Windows XP (and maybe 2000) will
refuse to format a larger drive than this.

The solution is to either use Win98 to format, or to get a (free) 3rd party
utility which allows you to format such a large drive Fat32.

Its not really a problem.

g


----- Original Message -----
From: "sophana" <jobarjo78_at_yahoo.fr>
To: "Gary" <flgants_at_earthlink.net>; "Rockbox development"
<rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 4:09 PM
Subject: Re: Newb question about external HD's (non-aol) but still newb


> I think there should be no problem for formatting through usb, just do
> it as for any drive in windows.
> maybe check the list for hd compatibility problems.
> fat32 has a 32gb limit for size also? I dont know if you can use
> multiple partitions../
> I don't have such a big disk so I can't tell you...
>
> Gary wrote:
>
> >I would love to, but formatting the new hd is the obstacle. Can it be
installed, then formatted? If there isnt a program to do this, I dont have
the knowledge to do it. I honestly never heard of fat32 until this list.
That should show you my tech skill level.
> >
> >Gary
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> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: sophana <jobarjo78_at_yahoo.fr>
> >Sent: Jun 16, 2004 8:41 AM
> >To: Gary <flgants_at_earthlink.net>, Rockbox development
<rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
> >Subject: Re: Newb question about external HD's (non-aol) but still newb
> >
> >Why don't you buy a larger hard drive for your archos?
> >80Gigs will host your 700 cds.
> >
> >Gary wrote:
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> >>Is it possible to program the archos to read from another external HD?
I use my AJBRv2 for mostly home stereo stuff. I have over 700 cd's that I
would love to rip and get rid of. Is this do-able? My stereo is in another
room from my computer, so just patching them together just doesnt seem
feasible.
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