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Rolf Egil Sølvik wrote:
> On Fri, 08 Apr 2005 23:15:23 GMT, "as@as.as.com" wrote:
>
>
>>Rolf Egil Sølvik wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 21:57:41 GMT, "as@as.as.com" wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Just bought a Hitachi Microdrive (4GB) to use in a FujiFilm M-603 camera
>>>>but have been informed by FujiFilm support that the largest supported
>>>>unit is 1GB. Does anyone know of a way (software utility) to resize /
>>>>repartition my 4GB unit so that it appears as 1GB
>>>
>>>You can't exchange it for regular 1GB Compact Flash cards?
>>
>>>The MicroDrive is just a Compact Flash card of type II, the less
>>>thick ones are Type I and should be compatible! At any rate the
>>>german test over at
>>>http://www.photoworld2.de/photoworld/portal/tests/ph_tests_site/1,1822,0-146-0-3-0,00.html
>>>seem to conclude the Type I can be used; in the test text ("Bei
>>>Einsatz des CompactFlash-Slots empfiehlt Fujifilm ausdrücklich die
>>>Verwendung dieser kleinen Festplatten, allerdings konnte im Test auch
>>>mit ganz normalen CompactFlash-Karten vom Typ I gearbeitet werden.")
>>>and in the specifiations:
>>>
>>>Speichersystem:
>>>
>>>Compact Flash Typ 1
>>>Micro-Drive
>>>xD-Picture Card
>>>
>>>
>>>So... I'd look into getting a (few) regular 1GB CF cards and thus get
>>>the full use of them instead of crippling the 4GB microdrive.
>>
>>Thanks for the response Rolf,
>>
>>Already have a 1GB Microdrive and this works fine but would like to be
>>able to use the 4gb device (even crippled) to get some return on the
>>money I have sent.
>>
>>I have been able to use the 4GB unit under XP and Solaris 10 x86 using
>>an adapter but it was bought for the camera, hence the question.
>
>
> The microdrive was the fastest CF available when the M603 was
> launched, hence the recommendation of it for the digicam.
>
> XP is 32-bit operating system using 32-bit filesystems, a 2GB limit
> in your digicam would imply use of FAT16 and not a 32-bit filesystem.
>
> And you cannot get 2 x 2GB instead?
Thanks again for the reply Rolf,
I agree with your thinking on the the filesystem support and that a
FAT16 F/S is probably what I need. Fuji support state that 1GB is the
largest supported device and what to know what tools are available to
resize the partition. My O/S based tools will not allow this and was
about to try Partition Magic, any comments ?
Adios
B.
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