Can't access or read compact flash

Hi,
Opening the object representing the compact flash results in 'No objects 
were found that matched the specified find criteria' Clicking OK results 
in 'The drive or diskette is not formatted correctly'. Now using V 2.0 
RC4. I could access the compact flash using V 1.2, which no longer runs 
because of a new video adapter. I tried formatting the CF with fat32 
using Dfsee, but that was unsuccessful, same error messages, and the 
camera would have no part of that.

On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:13:14 UTC, Richard Freeman 
<rjfreem@frontiernet.net> wrote:

-> Hi,
-> Opening the object representing the compact flash results in 'No objects 
-> were found that matched the specified find criteria' Clicking OK results 
-> in 'The drive or diskette is not formatted correctly'. Now using V 2.0 
-> RC4. I could access the compact flash using V 1.2, which no longer runs 
-> because of a new video adapter. I tried formatting the CF with fat32 
-> using Dfsee, but that was unsuccessful, same error messages, and the 
-> camera would have no part of that.
-> 
-> Richard Freeman


Have you tried using the latest FAT32 driver? It has fixed some 
problems I was having with a FAT32 formatted SDHC card. 


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From: Mark Dodel <feeedbackDESPAM@DESPAMos2voice.org>

FAT32 0.9.12 is now available on the Netlabs.org FTP server.

Web site: http://fat32.netlabs.org

"This project is based on the original FAT32 sourcecode by Henk 
Kelder. He released the source to netlabs.org in January 2002 because 
he no longer had the time to continue work on it.  The present release
comes in both WPI and ZIP formats. If you want the original package 
done by Henk, look for it at Hobbes, for example.     The present code
is compiled by KO Myung-Hun. "

  Zip archive: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/fat32/fat32_0912.zip
  WarpIn archive: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/fat32/fat32_0912.wpi

FAT32 User support group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fat32user

Please read the extensive FAT32.TXT file included in the archive for 
more information.  The changes for this version are listed in this 
file

"Version 0.9.12:

Fixed the problem that CACHEF32 is crashed after calling CHKDSK for 
dirty
 volume.
Fixed the problem the regonition of USB removable media takes very 
long time
 when inserting it since 0.9.11.
 This is because FAT32 always calculates free space on mount. Now, 
FAT32
 calculates free space only if /CALCFREE specified or free space info 
was not
 stored on disk.
Fixed the trap when removing USB removable media without eject.
Improved Read/Write performance. By Lars.

*** Known Problems ***

When using USB removable media with other OS such as Windows, free 
space can
 be incorrect. At this time, you should use 'chkdsk' to correct it or
 '/CALCFREE' to avoid it." 

Mark

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Hi Richard

Richard Freeman wrote:
> Hi,
> Opening the object representing the compact flash results in 'No objects 
> were found that matched the specified find criteria' Clicking OK results 
> in 'The drive or diskette is not formatted correctly'.


Sounds like the card had been removed from a drive without being Ejected 
1st... Eject the card and try again. It may also need chkdsk run against it.


  Now using V 2.0
> RC4.


Now that is a different can of worms  :-)

Having recently tried a RC4 install and found that the only USB item 
working here was the mouse I was not too impressed.

The LVM bits are backlevel and had to be updated using the LVM14.105 
package before I could get access to any of my USB drives. Now I can 
access 1 USB drive at a time which is a vast improvement over the 
original install but any attempt to attach a 2nd USB drive is doomed to 
failure while the 1st is still attached.

I have not found the cause of that yet and suspect that I will probably 
try a very basic re-install (system only) to see if I can find out what 
is causing the problem.

The USB scanner would not work until the newer (v1.6) 
\ecs\boot\usbresmg.sys was replaced with the older (v1.5) version 
supplied with Tame. Possibly there is an update to Tame somewhere but I 
have not found it...


  I could access the compact flash using V 1.2, which no longer runs
> because of a new video adapter.


Either
  Switch SNAP to VESA mode - use this command (or very similar) in the 
SNAP directory

gaoption VBE on

You will then need to reboot.


Or
  Have you checked to see if the Panorama driver supports the video card 
chipset?


  I tried formatting the CF with fat32
> using Dfsee, but that was unsuccessful, same error messages, and the 
> camera would have no part of that.
> 
> Richard Freeman



I have limited experience with Digital Cameras - but have to know how to 
use the Wife's - and have found that the few cameras that I have played 
with will not work with a card formatted on any other device. They only 
work with the cards formatted by that camera. I have not really 
investigated this but suspect the camera format includes something that 
any other format does not...

Regards

Not to be contrary, but I have not found this to be an issue with my 
camera thus far (Fuji Finepix s700). In fact, I have replaced the DCIM 
folder with an OS/2 Light-table called DCIM and no issues have resulted 
:D Camera treats my card fine, doesn't touch any OS/2 stuff, Windows 
reads the light-table as a standard folder, and OS/2 shows me previews 
of all my images. Well, at least until the JPEG IOPROC craps out and the 
WPS hangs, but its still awesome. Makes using Cameraderie less of a 

On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:55:09 UTC, Peter Brown 
<losepeteSPAM-ME-NOT@ntlworld.com> wrote:

> Hi Richard

[snip]

> I have limited experience with Digital Cameras - but have to know how to 
> use the Wife's - and have found that the few cameras that I have played 
> with will not work with a card formatted on any other device. They only 
> work with the cards formatted by that camera. I have not really 
> investigated this but suspect the camera format includes something that 
> any other format does not...
> 
> Regards
> 
> Pete

You may not be to this point yet, but I have found that if you access 
any of the flash media (Smart Media, CF, SD) from the WPS, it will 
write WP ROOT. SF to the card. This prevents any of my cameras from 
using the card (including formatting it, in some cases) until I format
the card with FAT16 or FAT32. I then re-format the card in the camera,
just to make sure.

HTH

-- 
Tom Brown, Catherder
thomabrown at gmail dot com