Re: Unipod and Pen Drives

On 11 Feb, 21:01, Dave Higton <davehig...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In message <3714276f4f.davehig...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Dave Higton <davehig...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Perhaps someone else can help me. I want to get my hands on a
device that has the problem FAT16 format, so that I can make
!ROFS read it. I had hoped that I could "just" reformat a
128 GB USB pen that I have, using XP, so I did that a few
^^ MB, of course.

minutes ago, then transferred a number of small files onto it.
I can see all the files, using RO5's built in filer (which
sees it as SCSI::0) or using !ROFS. So simply using Windows
XP to FAT-format a small drive isn't enough to guarantee that
it will get the problem format. (!ROFS's "Stats" shows it as
512 bytes per sector, 4 sectors i.e. 2048 bytes per cluster,
1 reserved sector, 2 FATs, 245 sectors per FAT, 32 sectors in
the root dir, base of root dir = 523, FAT type FAT16.)

Can anyone give me a can't-fail recipe for producing a drive
with the problem FAT format, please? I'm prepared to buy a
drive if I have to (and if it's not expensive).

Dave

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