usb-storage: how to ruin your hardware(?)
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Quoted 5 lines · Maciej Soltysiak
Maybe a message of caution should be displayed in usb-storage configure help about attemtping to change partitions and/or filesystems on USB storage devices.
The stuff I have met with CompactFlash cards (*without* USB) - they
by default were coming formated with single FAT12 partition - no partition table whatsoever.
I had no problems with partitioning and formating (in IDE emulation
mode).
But Windoz2kOfBugs was refusing to work with flashes which had
partition table, and was working Okay with /original/ FAT12 formated flashes. Windoz wasn't even trying to read partition table, always showing flash as one drive - and sure it was reporting stupid errors when you were trying to do something with partitioned flash.
It looks like /agreement/ (with The Beast) that flashe/memory card
has to have FAT12.
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Quoted 13 lines · Ihar 'Philips' Filipau
Quoted 5 lines · Maciej Soltysiak
Maybe a message of caution should be displayed in usb-storage configure help about attemtping to change partitions and/or filesystems on USB storage devices.
The stuff I have met with CompactFlash cards (*without* USB) - they
by default were coming formated with single FAT12 partition - no partition table whatsoever.
I had no problems with partitioning and formating (in IDE emulation
mode).
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But Windoz2kOfBugs was refusing to work with flashes which had
partition table, and was working Okay with /original/ FAT12 formated flashes. Windoz wasn't even trying to read partition table, always showing flash as one drive - and sure it was reporting stupid errors when you were trying to do something with partitioned flash.It looks like /agreement/ (with The Beast) that flashe/memory card
has to have FAT12.
To flesh this out.
Both using PC card adapter and USB the SmartMedia cards i've used do have partition tables with only partition 1 being defined. The filesystem type and ID has been either a FAT12 or FAT16 depending on size.
I have not tried changing the table or filesystem type since i use them almost exclusively for the digicams.
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