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demolition · 15 November 2012, 12:49

I always get the '? [0K, RW]' problem whenever I try to use a CF card that has been cleaned by diskpart. Creating an empty primary partition in Windows (so it shows as RAW type) usually solves the problem and it can then be mounted in WinUAE.

A few times I've also used the 'dd' command in Linux to transfer a prepared .hdf file to the card ('dd -if=/path/infile.hdf' -of=/dev/devicename). In that case, there's no need to clean it first. The .hdf file can be a different size than the card and you can stop the transfer after the first few MBs as it just needs to transfer the partition table. The card can then be mounted and formatted in WinUAE.

15 November 2012, 12:49	#10
demolition Unregistered User Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Copenhagen / DK Age: 43 Posts: 4,190	I always get the '? [0K, RW]' problem whenever I try to use a CF card that has been cleaned by diskpart. Creating an empty primary partition in Windows (so it shows as RAW type) usually solves the problem and it can then be mounted in WinUAE. A few times I've also used the 'dd' command in Linux to transfer a prepared .hdf file to the card ('dd -if=/path/infile.hdf' -of=/dev/devicename). In that case, there's no need to clean it first. The .hdf file can be a different size than the card and you can stop the transfer after the first few MBs as it just needs to transfer the partition table. The card can then be mounted and formatted in WinUAE.