[iyonix-support] Re: external USB hard disk
- From: Iyonix.2006a@xxxxxxxxx
- To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:37:18 +0200
In message <20070427063604.158710@xxxxxxx>
"Jochen Konietzko" <JochenKonietzko@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> a colleague just showed me an external 40 GB TrekStore hard disk (very neat -
> organizer sized, power via USB) which he uses mostly for backup purposes.
> For interest's sake, I plugged it into my Iyonix.
> Straight away a new hard disk icon appeared; the root directory was visible,
> but from then on hardly anything worked:
> -most files inside directories had no name or a completely garbled name,
> -most files could not be copied - DOS FS error
> -some files could not be copied - various error messages
> -one directory with lots of files caused the Iyonix to freeze when I opened
> it.
>
> Does this mean that external USB hard disks don't work at all on the
> Iyonix, or that just this one doesn't work, or... what?
Guess what:
The good old 2GB limit is still valid for DOSFS - it is a shame but it
is there.
Thus you can
- go for a smaller disc of max. 2GB (sorry, joking)
- format the disc for ADFS (thus not accessibly but from RISC OS)
- not use an USB disc but use a NAS system, i.e. a small network file
server which then goes via Ethernet and has its own filing system and
no limit
--
Herbert
Herbert zur Nedden
German Archimedes Group http://www.gag.de
Herausgeber DER deutschen RISC OS-Zeitschrift.
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