On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 01:42:46 +0930, Tim wrote: > On Tue, 2006-10-03 at 16:34 +0100, Thufir wrote: >> I've been googling, err, "gmane searching", the list for "format" and >> "reformat" with FAT, or even "LBA FAT". However, this will erase the >> existing OS on the device, such that I'd have to boot windows and >> unpdate the, presumably, flash PROM, or, whatever the technique is, to >> re-install the OS for the device. Also, I'm including "player" and >> "mp3" as possible search terms. > > The MP3 player side of it mightn't have any software on the storage area > of the flash RAM. Many of the things just treat the flashdrive as a > storage space. > > When you plug the drive into a PC, do you see anything other than your > music files listed? That'd be a big clue. [...] [thufir@arrakis ~]$ [thufir@arrakis ~]$ ll /media/MSCN/ total 64 -r-xr-xr-x 1 thufir root 375 Dec 27 2002 SETTINGS.DAT drwxr-xr-x 2 thufir root 32768 Dec 27 2002 VOICE [thufir@arrakis ~]$ [thufir@arrakis ~]$ date Tue Oct 3 18:30:38 IST 2006 [thufir@arrakis ~]$ [thufir@arrakis ~]$ I'd have to re-install things? Or, could I just backup the SETTINGS.DAT file? -Thufir
