Re: [ARMini-support] seeing USB memory stick
- From: John Greenwood <ARMini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: armini-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2012 14:15:14 +0100
On 07 Sep, A Rawnsley <rcomp@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In message <52cb6f17f2ARMini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> John Greenwood <ARMini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I have a Disgo memory stick which I have formatted to FAT32 and put a
> > couple of files on a PC.
> > When I plug this into the ARMini nothing happens. If I run !USBinfo an
> > icon appears on the bar which gives information about the device but
> > not access to the contents.
> > How do I read USB memory?
> Firstly, are you sure it is FAT32 formatted? Most PC systems these
> days don't make it very easy to format to FAT32, so I'm a little
> concerned that you "formatted" the stick - it should have come
> pre-supplied as FAT32.
Yes I reformatted it to ensure a clean start to my tests and selected the
FAT32 format option
However....
> Oh, and one last thing - how big is your USB disc? FAT32 is normally
> used for 2Gb+, which practically all USB sticks are. However, if you
> have a really old one, it could be smaller than that. If that's the
> case, I'd gently recommend ditching in favour of a 2Gb+ one which
> should cost around five pounds. If you *must* use <2Gb, you may find
> it necessary to RMKill FAT32FS as DOSFS can work better for teeny
> drives. But, as I said, I *really* recommend using >2Gb drives.
I have just tried it with a 4 GB stick and it worked! (Before I had been
trying with a 250MB one)
Thanks again
John
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John Greenwood Bsc CEng FIEE www.john-greenwood.co.uk
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