In message <47A90F34.4010103@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Kade Hansson <kade.hansson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Matthew Thompson wrote: >> 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" >> > If I had to guess, I'd say there's some nonsense in the boot block > (probably 00s.) You could try overwriting it, but keep a copy for > reference. The boot block has an Intel JMP instruction of 24 bits, 8 > bytes of other junk, and then the first 16 bit value is the block size > (sector size.) This is almost always 512 (little endian.) > Another possibility is that the boot block looks a bit ADFS-like, and > its therefore not getting passed to DOSFS. You could try looking at the > Resources:$.Resources.[ADFS|FileCore|DOSFS].Messages files to see which > one produces the error "Bad block size - must be 256/512/1024". My > Iyonix is not nearby. How do I do this ? I looked in !Boot.resources, but didn't see anythign that resembles the above, where should I look ? cheers Matthew -- Message sent from an IYONIX www.iyonix.com Using RISC OS 5 : RISC OS Open Ltd www.riscosopen.co.uk --- To alter your preferences or leave the group, visit //www.freelists.org/list/iyonix-support Other info via //www.freelists.org/webpage/iyonix-support