Can SDM and CHDK be on the same SDHC card In-Camera

[PhyrePhoX]

this was bound to happen... i will refrain from more comments
luckily you were able to restore the partition.
how does whim do it in cardtricks? imo he checks if the selected drive is marked as removable drive, isnt it so? making it impossible to select a harddisk.

[whim]

@PhyrePhox

like this:

; @HomeDrive  = Drive letter of drive containing current user's home directory.
; $here = path to CardTricks program

Local $illegal = StringLeft(@HomeDrive,1) & StringLeft(@SystemDir, 1) & StringLeft($here, 1)

Do
   $card_drive = FileSelectFolder( "Select your SD Card drive - Please note that only 'Removable' or" & @CRLF & _
                                                 "'Unknown' (and 'Fixed' if selected) drive types will be" & @CRLF & _
                                                "accepted; select Cancel if no drive selectable.", _
                                                "::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}", 2, "", $cardmenu )   ; 'My Computer'
                  
   If $card_drive = "" Then ExitLoop
   $card_drive = StringLeft($card_drive, 3)   ; ignore selected subdir
   Switch DriveGetType($card_drive)
      Case "Removable", "Unknown"
         $acceptable = True
      Case "Fixed"
         If IsChecked($chk_fix_disk) Then
            $acceptable = True
         Else
            $acceptable = False
         EndIf
      Case Else
         $acceptable = False
   EndSwitch

Until ( StringInStr($illegal, StringLeft($card_drive, 1)) = 0 ) And  $acceptable

wim

[Microfunguy]

i will refrain from more comments

That is a good boy, now you are starting to behave.

[Microfunguy]

How I reproduced this behavior

I have all the information I need, which OS are you using  ?

[ewavr]

which OS are you using  ?

Windows XP Professional SP3 in real computer, Windows 7 beta in virtual machine.

[Hacki]

That is a good boy, now you are starting to behave.

I sincerely hope they find a cure for whatever you have soon.

[Microfunguy]

Windows XP Professional SP3 in real computer,

Finally, do you know which key you pressed ?

Windows 7 beta in virtual machine

So, you will be able to test the modified sdminst.exe  safely  ?  

[ewavr]

Finally, do you know which key you pressed ?

"Create partition", "Two partitions" - without SD card in reader.
Here is video - http://www.zshare.net/video/559148075201cac4/  (download original file for best quality).

So, you will be able to test the modified sdminst.exe  safely  ?  

Yes, of course.

[whoever]

That is a good boy, now you are starting to behave.

I sincerely hope they find a cure for whatever you have soon.

I thought I would abstain from reading for a time, but I cannot stop, it's only getting better...

[Microfunguy]

Here is new version of the SDM installer.

I do not have a 'virtual machine' to test this on.

Do not try this at home !

[whim]

Could be even worse if you try it at work ... 

wim

edit: gave it a quick try, it seems to auto-search for removable devices, and disable
        dangerous buttons ( = all but exit ) when none found. Would IMHO be even more
        secure if the logic was reversed, i.e. disable by default, enable after finding an approved device
        Not sure if the Cmd window for formatting is 'by design', but just thought i'd mention that you
        could use silent formatting by using 'echo | format {params}'
        BTW there's a discrepancy in the size indication (see attach)

[PhyrePhoX]

why is the folder that contains scripts and lang files still called CHDK in the sdm release? you should rename it.

[Microfunguy]

gave it a quick try

Thanks Wim, I will report your comments to Central Command 

[ewavr]

Here is new version of the SDM installer.

Well, this version is more safe than previous.
But because drive selection combobox is not read-olny, we can erase manualy text on it, then format our hard drive 
Suggestion: make drive selection combobox read-only.
Screenshot in attachment.

[whim]

Suggestion: make drive selection combobox read-only.

... or do a sanity check on the command line params, before passing it to format

wim

edit: maybe both is even better