Re: [ARMini-support] External USB drive.

  • From: Ron Briscoe <ron.briscoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: armini-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:36:14 +0000 (GMT)

In article <fd2e613652.martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
   Martin Wuerthner <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

[Snip.]

> > Although formatted as ADFS the Beagleboard sees it as a SCSI drive.

> That is not surprising because there is no such thing as "formatted as 
> ADFS". The disc format is called FileCore E+ format, and it is used by 
> ADFS, SCSIFS, IDEFS, RAMFS and various other filing systems that offer 
> native RISC OS format. The only difference between these filing 
> systems is what kind of interface RISC OS uses to get at the sector 
> data, but the format is the same. Of the above the ARMini only 
> supports RAMFS (RAM disc) and SCSIFS (USB mass storage devices).

Thanks Martin. As usual I learn something new, another few years and I
should be almost competent.

Regards Ron.

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