New A1200 user, help?

[manossg]

It might be a stupid suggestion, but have you tried deleting the partitions with gparted on Linux, before setting the cf up?

[Lektroid]

Originally Posted by Tomislav

When you write something in HDToolBox text boxes press Enter to accept value.

I realised this early on when I checked to see if my MaxTransfer had gone in. Since noticing that, I have always hit enter with every text value I enter, but still going round in circles...

[Lektroid]

Originally Posted by manossg

It might be a stupid suggestion, but have you tried deleting the partitions with gparted on Linux, before setting the cf up?

Thanks for the suggestion! I hadn't thought of that, I just followed the diskpart/clean routine that seems to work for everyone else. I will try with gparted today in Ubuntu.


Another thought I had was that the Kingston CF reader might not be good for writing partitions, but if it manages a clean command successfully, then I don't see partitioning being a problem. If I can't get anywhere with gparted/Linux I may order another brand of CF reader, just so all bases are covered.

[manossg]

Originally Posted by Lektroid

Thanks for the suggestion! I hadn't thought of that, I just followed the diskpart/clean routine that seems to work for everyone else. I will try with gparted today in Ubuntu.


Another thought I had was that the Kingston CF reader might not be good for writing partitions, but if it manages a clean command successfully, then I don't see partitioning being a problem. If I can't get anywhere with gparted/Linux I may order another brand of CF reader, just so all bases are covered.

Hope it works for you. I had a couple of problems with windows partitioning tools, but never with gparted, so hopefully that will do the trick.

[Tomislav]

Maybe you can find something in this thread: CF / SD and large drives FAQ