Utilities to make FAT16, FAT32 and exFAT CF cards bootable

nahuel_89p

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Re: Utilities to make FAT16, FAT32 and exFAT CF cards bootable

« Reply #50 on: 26 / September / 2011, 19:37:28 »

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Ok, I really appreciate your development, but just to make it clear:

I have a Canon 350D with firmware 1.0.3 (as suggested) and an 8GB CF card. To make it bootable, and in a safe way, is it enough just with using the Card Tricks V 1.45?? I read somewhere i need a partition, but im not sure if that is what Card tricks actually does.
I just want my 350D with the CHDK tweaks. Particularly Timelapse.

Just to clarify: My CF card is currently formated by the camera.

« Last Edit: 26 / September / 2011, 19:52:43 by nahuel_89p »

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nahuel_89p

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Re: Utilities to make FAT16, FAT32 and exFAT CF cards bootable

« Reply #51 on: 26 / September / 2011, 21:35:26 »

Update: I did it that way. I got an spooky "err 99" after i used it for a while the 1st time, but now it works ok.

Any clue on the "99 err"?

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iDentist

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Re: Utilities to make FAT16, FAT32 and exFAT CF cards bootable

« Reply #52 on: 29 / November / 2011, 09:10:15 »

I just bought 400d chosen mainly because of this hack.

But I can't make it work. Followed the instructions from here but when I put the CF in the slot in the final step, the blue button doesn't light. Instead, the camera turns on, but the display is not working. I can focus but not take pictures. Also, cannot turn off the Camera.

Win 7 x64, CF 4GB (3.8GB)

What am I doing wrong?

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zeno

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Re: Utilities to make FAT16, FAT32 and exFAT CF cards bootable

« Reply #53 on: 31 / January / 2012, 10:24:28 »

Cameras released in 2011 allow CHDK to autoboot on a FAT32 card. I'd like to modify my OSX SDMInst app so that it can do create such cards - currently Mac OSX users who want to create bootable single partition cards > 4GB (e.g. for an A3300) are out of luck.

My question is this - where does the 'BOOTDISK' string have to be written on a FAT32 card? Is it still at x'40'?

PS - PhilMoz provides the answer (0x1e0) here - http://chdk.setepontos.com/index.php?topic=6645.0

« Last Edit: 31 / January / 2012, 11:18:38 by zeno »

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hiker_jon

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Re: Utilities to make FAT16, FAT32 and exFAT CF cards bootable

« Reply #54 on: 31 / January / 2012, 11:02:24 »

Hi,
I searched for this, but found nothing. Cardtricks (145) is intolerably slow when formatting a 4gb card on my Windows 7 laptop. I need to use the windows format tool which is very fast and can do fat.

Jon

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hiker_jon

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Re: Utilities to make FAT16, FAT32 and exFAT CF cards bootable

« Reply #55 on: 22 / February / 2012, 11:50:31 »

EOScard 1.1 writes the "BOOTABLE" string to 0x5C for a FAT32 card. Anyway to change this to 0x1E0?
See below
http://chdk.setepontos.com/index.php?topic=6645.0

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Pelican

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Re: Utilities to make FAT16, FAT32 and exFAT CF cards bootable

« Reply #56 on: 06 / March / 2012, 08:31:34 »

Quote from: hiker_jon on 22 / February / 2012, 11:50:31

EOScard 1.1 writes the "BOOTABLE" string to 0x5C for a FAT32 card. Anyway to change this to 0x1E0?
See below
http://chdk.setepontos.com/index.php?topic=6645.0

Yes. Use EOScard 1.2

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geoffff

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Re: Utilities to make FAT16, FAT32 and exFAT CF cards bootable

« Reply #57 on: 28 / March / 2012, 15:49:36 »

OK, I've tried everything here, but I just can't seem to make my 64GB exFAT card bootable -- and boot CHDK on my SX230HS camera. I've tried everything, but I still get no CHDK (camera just says card is write protected) when I boot from my 64GB exFAT card.

Can anyone help me get my SX230HS camera to boot CHDK from my 64GB exFAT card?

Notes:

Camera is SX230HS, firmware 1.01A
Card is "Komputer Bay" 64GB SDXC card, formatted as exFAT
Booting CHDK works great with another card of mine - an old 16 FAT32 card
Running CHDK works great using the "firmware update" method - with all my cards
I've tried making my 64GB exFAT card bootable using CHDK's "Make Card Bootable" menu
I've tried making my 64GB exFAT card bootable using EOScard.exe version 1.2

Thanks for any advice!
-- Geoff

« Last Edit: 28 / March / 2012, 15:51:28 by geoffff »

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reyalp

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Re: Utilities to make FAT16, FAT32 and exFAT CF cards bootable

« Reply #58 on: 28 / March / 2012, 16:12:14 »

Quote from: geoffff on 28 / March / 2012, 15:49:36

OK, I've tried everything here, but I just can't seem to make my 64GB exFAT card bootable -- and boot CHDK on my SX230HS camera.

AFAIK P&S cameras do not boot from exFAT. Only FAT16 (all cameras) and FAT32 (DRYOS R47 and later cameras, which is everything released from 2011 on)

You should be aware that this thread is in the DSLR sub-forum, so things described here may not be applicable to P&S. It's up to you to read the thread and understand which parts may be applicable to your camera.

« Last Edit: 28 / March / 2012, 16:52:44 by reyalp »

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geoffff

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Re: Utilities to make FAT16, FAT32 and exFAT CF cards bootable

« Reply #59 on: 28 / March / 2012, 16:47:41 »

Quote from: reyalp on 28 / March / 2012, 16:12:14

AFAIK P&S cameras do not boot from exFAT. Only FAT16 (all cameras) and FAT32 (DRYOS R47 and later cameras, which is everything released from 2011 on)

Thanks. Sad, but good to know.

Quote from: reyalp on 28 / March / 2012, 16:12:14

You should be aware that this thread is in the DSLR sub-forum, so things described here may not be applicable to P&S. It's up to you to read the thread and understand which parts my be applicable to your camera.

No, I didn't notice! Got here via Search. I'll keep that in mind, and ask elsewhere.

-- Geoff

« Last Edit: 28 / March / 2012, 16:56:28 by geoffff »

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