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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Newb question about external HD's (non-aol) but still newbRe: Newb question about external HD's (non-aol) but still newb
From: Tom Cole <tcole_at_xtra.co.nz>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 11:10:46 +1200 Do you have the name of this utility, and maybe the URL? Thanks On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 16:29:52 +0100, you wrote: >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 >> > >> >-----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: >> > >> > >> > >> >>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. >> >> >> >>Gary >> >> >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >> >>http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox > >_______________________________________________ >http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox Received on 2004-06-17 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |