[iyonix-support] Re: USB - Name disc
- From: dave higton <davehigton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 10:17:19 +0000
Quoting Chris Evans <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> On Fri 23 Dec, Richard Torrens (lists) wrote:
> >
> > In article <5245b3f878julie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > Julie <julie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > I have a Peak 512MB stick which I named on my RISC PC as Julie1 - but
> the
> > > Iyonix sees the name as 0496-3568.
> >
> > > Merry Christmas all!
> >
> > Yes, I've had that. Iyonix thinks the name is differnt to other 'puters
> > versions.
>
> I suspect that some of the problems seen are the old FAT16/FAT32 problem
> renaming a drive can show up that problem.
>
> But there also seems to be a separate problem that even if the drive is
> formatted correctly rename often causes issues.
>
> The FAT16/FAT32 affects any computer system that still uses FAT16 and also
> uses the pen on a FAT32 system.
>
> The rename problem I don't think affects Simtek USB (The FAT16 can make it
> appear that it does) so I think it is Iyonix specific, bit a quick test
> showed the problem without FAT32FS being present!
I'm not near my sources of information, but I think the problem may be
related to the existence of two entirely different locations that can
hold "drive names". One is a field in the Volume Boot Record; the other
is an entry in the root directory with special flag settings.
Dave
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