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chronicthehedgehog wrote: 21 Jun 2024 23:30 I'm trying to switchover to HDDRIVER from ICD Pro at the mo

I'm using 32GB cards but it seems that maximum it's prepared to partition is 1GB. According to the docs it looks like it should be 2GB. Has anyone successfully used large cards with HDDRIVER or should I buy some smaller SD cards?

ICD Pro happily accepts large cards and allows you to create 14 * 512Mb partitions. As I was expecting HDDRIVER to be similar, I've spent the evening confusing myself and looking for partitioning options that probably aren't there IYSWIM. So I've come to accept that I need to use smaller cards I think.

Apologies if I sound like I'm griping. It's just been one of those unwelcomed time sinks :lol:

rubber_jonnie wrote: 22 Jun 2024 00:09 The HDDRIVER websites says: "On the part of HDDRIVER there is no upper limit for the capacity of mass storage media. "

If you're using it with an ST and TOS then you will hit the maximum partition size, which IIRC is 512MB. I think the largest drive I've used is 16GB and I was able to split that into multiple 512MB partitions like you've done with ICD Pro.

Have a look here: HDDRIVER Overview.

chronicthehedgehog wrote: 22 Jun 2024 00:13

rubber_jonnie wrote: 22 Jun 2024 00:09 The HDDRIVER websites says: "On the part of HDDRIVER there is no upper limit for the capacity of mass storage media. "

If you're using it with an ST and TOS then you will hit the maximum partition size, which IIRC is 512MB. I think the largest drive I've used is 16GB and I was able to split that into multiple 512MB partitions like you've done with ICD Pro.

Have a look here: HDDRIVER Overview.

Ah OK. I think I only skimmed that so missed it. Wasn't mentioned in the manual IIRC. Anyway, guess I'll keep trying :D

Thanks

HigashiJun wrote: 22 Jun 2024 01:03 Add BIGDOS to the AUTO folder of your HDDRIVER and you will be able to get more partitions...