In message <22c5736c4f.MThompson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Matthew Thompson <mt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Following on from my previous posting (thanks to all who contributed > to that) I have been loaned an MP3 player to see if it works OK or > not, in theory it sounds perfect, it is a Sony NWD-B103 1GB capacity > MP3 Player, it has no windows software with it or anything fancy, just > appears to be pretty much the same as my Packard Bell audio key. > > I looked on the internet for information about this player and it says > requires no software and works by simply dragging and dropping files ! > sounds good I thought so i've just plugged it in to the Iyonix, > waiting and hoping, the Iconbar icon popped up for the device, yes it > works I thought , then I double clicked on the icon and was presented > with the following message - > > "Bad block size - must be 256/512/1024" > > In other words it doesn't work, but can it be made to work ? I seem to > recall something about formatting a drive like this to make it work on > RISC OS, did I imagine that ? or is it simply not going to work? i'm > suprised it didn't as I thought it would , is the capacity too big ? At 1 GB, it can't be too big. Did you plug it directly into the Iyonix or via a hub? Dave --- To alter your preferences or leave the group, visit //www.freelists.org/list/iyonix-support Other info via //www.freelists.org/webpage/iyonix-support