SDcard - heads up
Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 1:11 pm
Working on the SDcard code today for a new feature for the 1.1 code I found something.
If a small capacity card (128M in this case) is formatted with FAT32 instead of FAT then the card will be in such as state that the MS3 can only write a small number of files to the card. This card started with a limit of only 16 files, a second format gave it 32. Formatting as FAT instead allows 512 files.
Technically this is due to the way the MS3 SDcard code accesses the card. I need to work with Phil to get a way to make this file number limit visible in TunerStudio.
The new feature auto-erases the oldest log on the card if the directory is "full." (NB, the MS3 can consider it full even if it isn't due to the complexity of reading FAT32 directories.)
James
If a small capacity card (128M in this case) is formatted with FAT32 instead of FAT then the card will be in such as state that the MS3 can only write a small number of files to the card. This card started with a limit of only 16 files, a second format gave it 32. Formatting as FAT instead allows 512 files.
Technically this is due to the way the MS3 SDcard code accesses the card. I need to work with Phil to get a way to make this file number limit visible in TunerStudio.
The new feature auto-erases the oldest log on the card if the directory is "full." (NB, the MS3 can consider it full even if it isn't due to the complexity of reading FAT32 directories.)
James