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Title: Format A Microdrive
Post by: ddlevallois on September 10, 2005, 02:41:34 am

hello,


i'm a newbie with my new zaurus 1000  

i have a 4go microdrive :
- it's detected by my zaurus but impossible to read or write
- i know i have to format it

= what is the commande line ?  fdisk /mnt/xxxx  ?

david
from paris

Title: Format A Microdrive
Post by: bgsfh on September 11, 2005, 07:36:28 pm

Try the Zaurus How-To Docs in OEFS.  

https://www.oesf.org/index.php?title=Step-b...ing_for_newbies (https://www.oesf.org/index.php?title=Step-by-step_CF/SD_fdisk/formatting_for_newbies)

I followed these instructions and had no problems getting my 4G Hitachi to work with my 6K.

Title: Format A Microdrive
Post by: icruise on September 11, 2005, 08:26:18 pm

It's not taken from an MP3 player is it? Many of them are made in such a way as to make them unusable in normal CF slots.