[iyonix-support] Re: Anyone with a 4GB or bigger USB stick?

In message <GMEGIHNHECPBMIFBEFJKOEPACBAA.allan.dawes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
          "Allan Dawes" <allan.dawes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> I've tried this with a generic 8GB USB2 Pendrive. Everything
> continues to work fine, but as you say, opening it, or dismounting
> causes the Iyonix to lock up. I'm unclear as to why the Iyonix can
> not address anything bigger than 2GB, as this rather spoils any
> chance of an external hard drive.

Very simple: If FileCore formatted you can have more thant 2GB.

For FAT or the like DOSFS does the work using ImageFiling system and
this combination still has that dreadfully old limit of 2GB which is
more and more a pain in the a...


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Herbert

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