Hi all
Solution, how to run CHDK on IXUS860/SD870 with 8GB, 16GB or 32GB SD card (=with dual-boot).
Solution is: forget Allbest build (until someone put about 10 new lines into its code - i put them into next message),
but use StereoData Maker build
Steps are:
1. Download ZIP with StereoData build for IXUS860 here
http://stereo.jpn.org/eng/sdm/index.htmsection DOWNLOAD in the middle of long page
2. Inside that ZIP file is "sdminste.exe" which helps you a lot - copy it to your PC
3. Run sdminste.exe and format your SD card acording to description "New SDM Install on cards 8GB or more"
which is here
http://stereo.jpn.org/eng/sdm/quick.htm4. And here comes the trick. If you leave this just on SDM.EXE and then you put it into your IXUS860, it writes to you "CARD IS FULL"
But: if you manage, that your first partition is bigger than 2MB (eg. 16MB or more), then it works corectly even on 16GB dual-partition card
So you have to use:
AEFDISK32.exe to format again your SD card. I used these commands - but be very carefull! First read instructions before you destroy your HDD in PC, see this forum for more instruction
aefdisk32 2 /show .... try also aefdisk32 1 /show aefdisk32 3 /show ... etc. to determine, which number goes to your SD CARD!!!
aefdisk32 2 /delall
aefdisk32 2 /delall/pri:16:6 /pri:0:c /activate:1 ... which makes dual boot whit 16MB first fat12/16 bootable, and rest (eg. 15.984 GB) for second
5. I used CARDTRICKS to make my first partition bootable.
6. Then you have to manually copy all StereoData builds files to your card to FIRST partition
Use sdminste.exe to swap between partition
7. If you have 16MB partition bootable & primary & first (=you can se only this if you connect your SD card with PC), then it works OK with IXUS 860 and
puts all photos/videos to second partition
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All of this allowed me to take thousands of time-lapse photos or time-lapse video or motion-detection video for about 4-5 hours on 16GB card
(of course wih external power adpator)
