Re[2]: Win98SE destroys file system on SRAM card

[Bernd Birkenbach <Z80@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sven Utcke schrieb am Mittwoch, 3. April 2002 um 13:26:38
> 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?

Mark Gardiner wrote two weeks ago about these drivers.
If SRAM card is write protected it will be recognized as
"Intel/M-Systems or other Flash card".

> Sven