On Wed 06 Aug, John M Ward wrote: > > In article <3f4c9eca4f.wra1th@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, > Gavin Wraith <gavin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I expect everybody knows this, but in case they do not I thought > > it worth posting. If you have a memory stick that works on the Iyonix, > > and it develops a fault - say a directory refuses to be deleted - > > so that you need to reformat it on a PC (right click on the > > drive icon) then choose FAT32 for the format. Plain FAT did not > > work for me. > > Oh! Usually it's the other way around. Pen drives normally need to be > formatted as just "FAT" (i.e. FAT 16) and with no drive label if they > are to be recognised by the Iyonix. > > A non-deletable directory is commonplace on these devices, or indeed any > other USB-connected drive, I have found. However it is not usually > necessary to re-format the drive: the PC (Windows) should be able to > delete the offending directory, complete with its (RISC OS-invisible) > contents, without problem. > > Beyond all that, one also has to remember the 2 GB size limit with pen > drives in general, which is another pitfall when users try to use these > ever so useful devices on our machines. This is an issue that really > needs to be tackled one of these fine days, so that there is no longer > any foreseeable limit to drive size/capacity on our systems. There is another way to get round the 'format problem' as well as the 2GB limit. Many NAS units alow connection of a USB pen! The Linksys NLSU2 does though the downside is it isn't hot swappable. I'm not sure about hot swapping and other NASs Chris Evans -- CJE Micro's / 4D 'RISC OS Specialists' Telephone: 01903 523222 Fax: 01903 523679 chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.cjemicros.co.uk/ 78 Brighton Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 2EN The most beautiful thing anyone can wear, is a smile! --- To alter your preferences or leave the group, visit //www.freelists.org/list/iyonix-support Other info via //www.freelists.org/webpage/iyonix-support