[bookport] Re: 4 GB compact flash card
- From: Paul Henrichsen <paulh52@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 08:38:40 -0800
Hi. If you knew the command line, you could format those 4 gb disks as fat
16. You could do it from the run dialog in windows.
At 12/15/2004, you wrote:
>OK, that is interesting. I read somewhere that the limit was 2 GB, but I =
>am glad to hear this is not the case.
>
>As Clarance points out, this will work with Book Port, but what will not =
>work is formatting the card from the device. Actually, that will work, =
>too, but you will only get to use 2 GB of the space, because Book Port =
>uses FAT 16 when it formats. The device does, however, read FAT 32 =
>formatted devices albeit a bit more slowly than the FAT 16.
>
>
> >>> cranston.sarah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Wednesday, December 15, 2004 9:15:24 =
>AM >>>
>I found a 4 GB CompactFlash card on
>
>www.memorysuppliers.com=20
>
>It is made by Sandisk, and it is a type I card. I checked very =3D
>carefully about the type. It is still very expensive, $349, but if =3D
>anyone has money to throw around and is in an experimental mood, it =3D
>might be worth looking into to see if it would work with a BookPort.
>
>Sarah.
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