Re: Re: h2200 setup

Hi,

Morgan Read wrote:
> Hi Marcus
>
> Thanks for the follow up, rest below:
>
> Marcus Brown wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> On Sun, 2008-05-11 at 21:47 +1200, Morgan Read wrote:
>>> Hello Jack and list
>>>
>>> Below ->
>>>
>>> Jack Dodds wrote:
> ...
>
>> Support for 4GB cards is bound to be patchy.
>> One reason:
>> I've been attempting to test this with the purchase of a range of brands
>> and sizes, but yet to find anything concrete to report.
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital_card#Compatibility_issues_with_2_GB_and_larger_cards
>>
> But, I've been using CF cards? Are there similar issues - the issues on
> that link look SD specific?

The sentence I replied to didn't mention a type, I assumed it was SD.
There is very little similarity between the two.

>
>>
>>> Anyone else had any experience with these cards?
> ...
>
>>
>> Tends to suggest a setup problem. Try RamdiskRescue.
> I'll try RamdiskRescue - but, I've just followed Jack Dodds setup, it
> looks pretty much bullet proof to me? It works for him; so, should work
> for me (unless there's an hardware issue)?
> http://cyberspirit.dyndns.org:81/~jack/familiarsetup/h2200familiarhowto.html

Reinventing the wheel.
There are two methods of installing to cards in the wiki.
I Jack's method had any significant changes to that which has gone before
he'd be better off spending his time improving the community document.
http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/CardBoot
(you can probably guess who wrote much of it, and the machine used!)

>
>
>> I've recently had problems with a 1 (or was it 2?) GB CF.
> CF or SD? Are there similar issues for CF as for SD?

Last 2 chars == CF ;)
I've not had a SD fail in the same way.

>
> ...
>> Yes.
>> However you will need a serial port to confirm that.
> Hmm, the pace of technology left me with out a serial port... Sold my
> last machine with one a couple of months ago - perhaps wouldn't have if
> I'd not mistaken a 15pin dsub for a 9pin...
>
> Thanks,
> Morgan.

Marcus.
Received on Sun May 18 2008 - 19:07:42 EDT