Re: Win98SE destroys file system on SRAM card

[Sven Utcke <utcke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Bernd,

I had the same problem once, but wasn't to eager to try and repeat the
experience (and, after all, I can read and write sram cards under
linux).  So I can't really offer any help, but...

> The OEM ID is changed from "MSDOS3.3" to "*####IHC" (####
> are random characters) if I insert the card in my desktop PC. This
> changed occurs even if I didn't copy any file on the SRAM card. Using
> a disk editor on PC-3K to reverse the change I have no trouble to
> access the files and chkdsk doesn't show any error.

...that, at least, is good to know...

> I'm using the TrueFFS drivers located on the Win98SE CD in directory
> \drivers\storage\ftl.

Hmm.  FFS somehow sounds like Flash-File System.  But you were writing
to an sram card, weren't you?  Maybe this is the problem?

Sven
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