[iyonix-support] Re: formatting a usb storage device

  • From: John Sandford <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 04 May 2006 17:33:14 +0100

In message <5ab3f7214e.peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
          Peter Russell <peter@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> A friend has given me a 40GB drive that can be plugged into the
> usb port. It is recognised by the Iyonix but returns "the disc drive
> is empty" message when clicking on the drive icon ( :4) that appears
> on the iconbar.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Peter
> 
Probably either unformatted or is formatted in a Windows type, 
Fat32/ntfs.

If its formatted in adfs using the formatter supplied !SCSIForm it 
will probably work fine my 60GB usb drive does.

John

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