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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: RE: Archos HD UpgradeRE: Archos HD Upgrade
From: Ed Toro <cojonesdetoro_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 16:00:22 -0500 I believe the older Archos players all use standard 3.5 laptop drives. I have an Archos 6000 and upgraded to 20GB and then 40GB drive with no problems. You merely have to format the drive with a FAT32 filesystem. Windows XP will not format a FAT32 partition larger than 32GB because of an artificially imposed limitation so you may need to get a 3rd party tool or a Windows98 machine to format larger drives. There may be some optimizations to be gained if manipulate cluster sizes and such but I did not bother with that. I used a Linux based tool to format the drive from a USB drive adapter. > -----Original Message----- > From: rockbox-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se > [mailto:rockbox-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se]On Behalf Of Vincent Mistretta > Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 3:23 PM > To: rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se > Subject: Archos HD Upgrade > > > Hi all, > > We'l I'll be a RB user very soon. I was looking through the > archives and noticed the threads about "Buying a RockBox Player" > last month and found the notes about upgrading the recorder versions. > > Well I just bought one and will have it by Wednesday. > > Any limitations to disk capacity on the Archos using RB 2.5? Do > I need to upgrade anything else on the unit besides the HD? I > realize most of the larger drives have 8MB Cache so I assume I > have to use the 8mb version of the Archos RB. > > Any hints are greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Vince > Received on 2006-03-06 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |