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G9 and 16GB SDHC dual partition boot problem

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G9 and 16GB SDHC dual partition boot problem
« on: 07 / March / 2009, 16:38:31 »
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Hi,

anybody working with a G9 and the dual partition boot option? On my Camera (FW version H) I'm able to manually load CHDK from a FAT32 16GB SDHC card and from a FAT16 4GB card even the automatic loading works. However, if I partition the 16GB card as advised (sdb1 16M, sdb2 ~16G), CHDK loads on camera startup but it seems not to switch to the big (2nd primary) partition. The message on the display is MEMORY CARD FULL. If I use "Switch partitions" from the CHDK menu is says "there is only one partition".
Any suggetions?

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Re: G9 and 16GB SDHC dual partition boot problem
« Reply #1 on: 11 / March / 2009, 19:35:03 »
Quote from: wobbegong on 07 / March / 2009, 16:38:31
Hi,

anybody working with a G9

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Any suggetions?

Nothing so far?
Did anybody try two partitions on a G9 recently?
How could I find out whats going wrong?
I tried it on a smaller (4G) card with two FAT16 partitions. Same result. Is there any log or so I could check?
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Re: G9 and 16GB SDHC dual partition boot problem
« Reply #2 on: 11 / March / 2009, 20:03:00 »
Quote from: wobbegong on 11 / March / 2009, 19:35:03
I tried it on a smaller (4G) card with two FAT16 partitions. Same result. Is there any log or so I could check?

Second partition must be also 'primary' (not 'extended').
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Re: G9 and 16GB SDHC dual partition boot problem
« Reply #3 on: 12 / March / 2009, 08:07:12 »
Quote from: ewavr on 11 / March / 2009, 20:03:00
Quote from: wobbegong on 11 / March / 2009, 19:35:03
I tried it on a smaller (4G) card with two FAT16 partitions. Same result. Is there any log or so I could check?

Second partition must be also 'primary' (not 'extended').

It is. (Under Linux sdx2. AFAIK it would be sdx5 or higher if in extended partition)
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Re: G9 and 16GB SDHC dual partition boot problem
« Reply #4 on: 16 / March / 2009, 06:44:13 »
@wobbegong: some questions:
- Firmware version of your G9?
- time between camera startup (in playback mode) and blue LED blinking?
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Re: G9 and 16GB SDHC dual partition boot problem
« Reply #5 on: 16 / March / 2009, 18:14:06 »
Firmware GM1.00H

When the camera is switched on in playback mode it takes less than a second for the blue LED to be switched on shortly and off again and then ~2 sec before the blue LED blinks and the CHDK startup screen is visible.
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Re: G9 and 16GB SDHC dual partition boot problem
« Reply #6 on: 16 / March / 2009, 19:11:41 »
Quote from: wobbegong on 16 / March / 2009, 18:14:06
Firmware GM1.00H
Well, RAW shooting and variable bitrate in video works?
If yes, try test version (attached to this post).
Please also test how other  bug is fixed - in old CHDK version G9 exits from "C" shooting mode, if <alt> mode is active.

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Re: G9 and 16GB SDHC dual partition boot problem
« Reply #7 on: 17 / March / 2009, 17:26:58 »
the test version did the trick :-)
RAW works, variable bitrate seems to work (I can see the bitrate beeing calculated while shooting. How do I check if the resulting AVI is variable bitrate?)
Camera stays in "C" after <alt>

AND ... switching of partitions works like a charm!!

The Camera FW is still 1.00H. CHDK seem to be made for 1.00I. Do you know of issues from that?
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Re: G9 and 16GB SDHC dual partition boot problem
« Reply #8 on: 17 / March / 2009, 17:44:37 »
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How do I check if the resulting AVI is variable bitrate?

Not sure if that's what you mean, but under Windows you can use codec info tools like http://www.headbands.com/gspot/ or  http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net

hth,

wim
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Re: G9 and 16GB SDHC dual partition boot problem
« Reply #9 on: 17 / March / 2009, 18:20:46 »
Quote from: wobbegong on 17 / March / 2009, 17:26:58
AND ... switching of partitions works like a charm!!
Great, in trunk now (#722).

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The Camera FW is still 1.00H. CHDK seem to be made for 1.00I. Do you know of issues from that?
CHDK for 1.00H is just copy of CHDK for 1.00I.
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