16 GB CF Card Compatibility - Lexar Pro

AmigaOne X1000 platform specific issues related to Linux only.
Post Reply
User avatar
jdupuis
Posts: 223
Joined: Sat May 09, 2015 7:19 am
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana USA

16 GB CF Card Compatibility - Lexar Pro

Post by jdupuis »

Hi,

I wanted to share this.
I am using the Lexar Professional 800x 16GB UDMA7 Compact Flash card in my AmigaOne X1000. Under Ubuntu Linux Gparted; this card requires MBR Partition Table and the full 16GB formatted as 1 MS-DOS (FAT32) partition in order to work correctly. I am successfully using it for downloading/unpacking/booting Kernels and I am able to save files on it. As long as it remains this way, it can also be utilized as an MS-DOS storage device in AOS as well. Just do not use Media Toolbox and "Install". Basically a non-removable FAT32 media device. I hope this is good news for those who have had issues with CF Cards 16GB or greater and wondered how to utilize their full potential.

Side note: I did not "Label" the CF Card in Gparted but sticking to MS-DOS rule, I was able to Rename it under AOS using all CAPS and min. characters. ;)

Cheers!

John
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
User avatar
xeno74
Posts: 9348
Joined: Fri Mar 23, 2012 7:58 am

Re: 16 GB CF Card Compatibility - Lexar Pro

Post by xeno74 »

jdupuis wrote:Hi,

I wanted to share this.
I am using the Lexar Professional 800x 16GB UDMA7 Compact Flash card in my AmigaOne X1000. Under Ubuntu Linux Gparted; this card requires MBR Partition Table and the full 16GB formatted as 1 MS-DOS (FAT32) partition in order to work correctly. I am successfully using it for downloading/unpacking/booting Kernels and I am able to save files on it. As long as it remains this way, it can also be utilized as an MS-DOS storage device in AOS as well. Just do not use Media Toolbox and "Install". Basically a non-removable FAT32 media device. I hope this is good news for those who have had issues with CF Cards 16GB or greater and wondered how to utilize their full potential.

Side note: I did not "Label" the CF Card in Gparted but sticking to MS-DOS rule, I was able to Rename it under AOS using all CAPS and min. characters. ;)

Cheers!

John
Fantastic news! Many thanks for your explanation! :-)
http://www.amigalinux.org
http://www.supertuxkart-amiga.de

Running Linux on AmigaONEs can require some tinkering.
Post Reply