Re: Focus Drive //e woes

[wkatz@nyx.net (William Katz)]

Andy McFadden <fadden@fadden.com> wrote:
> William Katz <wkatz@nyx.net> wrote:
>>> Add: partition & format utilities for CFFA, MicroDrive, and FocusDrive.
>> 
>> Is there a good possibility for the ability to partition physical drives 
>> in CFFA, MicroDrive, and FocusDrive formats in the works anytime soon? :)
> 
> Not any time soon.  Such is the reality of full-time employment. :-(

darn. hmm, what if I contribute $1,000,000.00 in USD? Actually I will 
register my copy.


>> I used the "Volume copier (open volume)" on my physical FocusDrive and
>> created a 164mb focusdrive.po image file of the entire drive (all 6
>> partitions).  If I get a new drive, or format the current drive, is there
>> a way to re-image that drive with the focusdrive.po file? I could not find
>> it, if it exists?
>
> You can copy an image onto a drive if the new drive has the same or greater
> number of blocks.  So you could put a 164MB image onto a 165MB drive, but
> not the other way around.

I should be getting the IDE to CF adapter for laptops (44pin) in the mail 
soon..  I purchased this on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150077989630

I will get a 256mb CF card for it, and test it in the Focus Card by 
imaging that with my focusdrive.po file. I will loose about 86mb, but 
that's ok if it works.


-- 
William D. Katz "a good skier"

Internet: wkatz@nyx.net