CF Card - Correct Format for AOS Use [SOLVED]

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CF Card - Correct Format for AOS Use [SOLVED]

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Hello all,

So I have a Lexar Professional 800x 16 GB CF card. (Got a great deal on a two pack). ;) I am not running Linux.
After dabbling with Linux Kernels I decided to perform a full erase as a MBR MSDOS on my Mac. Reinstalled it in my x1000 and noticed that my partition options under AOS4.1 is DOS/03 (currently) or DOS/07 with a Block Size of 1024. It will not allow SFS-02 (Unreadable). I guess my question is what can I do with it? Is it okay to format it as DOS/07 and store "amigaboot.of" backup or would this conflict with the "amigaboot.of" already located in the "BDH0" partition of my Hard Drive?
With it partitioned as DOS/03, considering options for storage. Anyone have advice on this?
Thanks!

Cheers!!
Last edited by jdupuis on Mon Jan 25, 2016 11:23 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: CF Card - Correct Format for AOS Use [SOLVED]

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Went with my gut on this one. Partitioned the full 16 GB as DOS/03 Block Size: 512. Quick Format. Copied test file for Read/Write to and from my HD. Works fine. Will use it save Driver and Utility Installers for AmigaOS.

Cheers!!
C= A500 2 megs RAM with A590 w/40 MB SCSI HD and Workbench 1.3
C= A3000 25 MHz with Workbench 3.1
AmigaOne X1000 4 GB RAM, XFX Radeon HD 6670 1GB GDDR5 GPU and AmigaOS 4.1 FE/Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS/Ubuntu Mate 16.04 LTS
Sam460ex 2GB DDR2 800 MHz RAM, XFX Radeon HD 5450 2GB GDDR3 GPU, 3114 SATA Raid, ENVY24HT sound card and AmigaOS 4.1 FE
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