[bookport] Re: 2GB card questions
- From: buhrow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Brian Buhrow)
- To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 14:15:31 -0700
Hi Richard. The only file you might lose by formatting on the Windows
machine is the manual in the root directory of the card itself. If you
have a copy of the manual on another card, copy the two files comprising
the manual to a temp folder on your Windows box, and, after you format the
bad flash card, copy those two files to the root directory of the newly
formatted flash. This should get you going. For what it's worth, I format
all of my cards on something other than the Bookport because I find that
with my 1-GB cards, I get about 50more Megs out of the card if I don't let
the BP do the formatting.
So, while I think this bug should be fixed, you can work around it in an
entirely satisfactory manner, I think.
-Brian
On May 2, 5:05pm, "reb503@xxxxxxxxxxxx" wrote:
} Subject: [bookport] Re: 2GB card questions
}
}
} Original Message:
} -----------------
} From: buhrow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Brian Buhrow)
} Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 13:20:08 -0700
} To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
} Subject: [bookport] Re: 2GB card questions
}
} Hi Brian,
}
} I think that you are probably correct. This card shows a capacity of
} 1.90GB or 2000+MB. I don't know which figure that the firmware looks at to
} determine the proper format but the effect after formatting is to show a
} capacity of less than 1GB, no free space and no files. That last is the
} only thing that is correct.
}
} As for formatting in Windows, this does correct the problem. However, I am
} told that it should be formatted in the BP as there are some files that are
} added in the process.
}
} Thanks,
} Richard
} I suspect the problem is that not all brands of CF cards show the same
} size relative to each other. For example, if you buy a Seagate 80GB disk
} and a Western Digital 80GB disk, both disks whill have slightly different
} capacities. Since the 2GB limit is the outer edge of what FAT16 will
} support, my guess is that for some cards, those with slightly smaller
} capacities, the Bookport is formatting using FAT16. For others, with
} slightly larger capacities, it's using FAT32, but then failing to
} properly read the card, once formatted.
} If you format using FAT16 on Windows all is well, right?
} -Brian
} On May 2, 4:06pm, "reb503@xxxxxxxxxxxx" wrote:
} } Subject: [bookport] Re: 2GB card questions
} }
} } Hi Nolan,
} }
} } Now I know that someone has done it successfully. I have 2 Kingston cards
} } that have the problem, one a year old and the other new. The problems
} began
} } with the new firmware. I have a third card that has not been formatted
} } under 2.2 and works fine. It will be interestion to see if this is a
} } Kingston problem.
} }
} } Thanks,
} } Richard
} } Original Message:
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} } From: Crabb, Nolan Nolan.Crabb@xxxxxxxxxx
} } Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 13:46:16 -0500
} } To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
} } Subject: [bookport] Re: 2GB card questions
} }
} }
} } I've formatted a two-GB card repeatedly since the latest firmware with
} } no problems whatsoever. The only thing that happens to me is I still
} } occasionally get that double beep with the 0t speech announcement when I
} } delete an MP3 book. Other than that, my two-GB card works
} } perfectly--very fast, very accurate, no problems. It's a Sandisk card,
} } for what it's worth.
} } Nolan Crabb
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