[iyonix-support] Re: USB Flash Drive directory file limit

Quoting Bernard Veasey <bernard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> In message <98f0b72c4f.druck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>           "David J. Ruck" <druck@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > On 3 Oct 2007 John Williams <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Could Druck comment, please?
> 
> > This message was sent to the list and cc'd directly to me. I was
> > waiting for to appear on the list so I could look back at the thread
> > before replying. But I've seen anything with this subject line, so am
> > not sure exactly what is being attempted.
> 
> I have emailed Druck so he can catch up on my problem.
> 
> > John Williams says:
> > My guess is that SCSIForm is broken...
> 
> You may be right.
> 
> I wanted to use RISC OS ADFS formatting on my USB flash drive because 
> of the 'inconsistencies' of the DOS filer in RISC OS.
> 
> I have now additionally verified my flash drive under RISC OS and 
> there are no errors.
> 
> I have also run DiscKnight on it and it says 'Disc is good'.
> 
> > Alan Adams says:
> > Interesting. It's not a constant limit to the number of files.
> > I wonder whether it's a limit on the total number of characters
> > in the names?
> > What happens if you copy files with very short or very long names?
> 
> You're right.  Using the same batch of files,
> I can get 55 files with 2 letter filenames into a directory.
> I can get 33 files with 25 letter filenames into a directory.
> Adding additional files I get a crash with the USB flash drive access
> light left on.

I wonder if SCSIForm leaves the partition table intact, and as a
result the Iyonix sees (to some extent) both a RISC OS drive and
a DOS drive on the device?

Dave
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