SDrive Max error

[magesticmage]

I bought an SDrive max off eBay I put some files <like !DISK1 (00-DZ).ATR> on my Sandisk 128gb SD Extreme card and have it inserted into the max but i am getting an error "init FAT: 3

 

i have in the root directory the sdrive.atr "all lower case"  file on the sd card. the card is formatted to fat32

 

I am expecting the Atari to load SDrive-MAX menu. but i am lost, any suggestions ? is my card to large and not supported?

 

[CMR]

Try going through this guide.  It's the one I used.

 

https://atari8bit.net/tutorials/de-re-sdrive-max/

 

Here are the error codes from the github.  Are you sure you formated to fat32? 

 

SD-Card:
1	error going into idle state
2	error getting enhanced power requirements
3	error on initialization for SD
4	error on initialization for MMC
5	error setting block length to 512

FAT:
1	error reading master bootblock
2	error reading partition bootblock
3	filesystem not supported

SIO:
1	CMD changed to high during data reception
2	timeout
3	usart frame error
4	usart data overrun

 

Edited July 7, 2023 by CMR

[magesticmage]

i think it had something to do with using a 3rd party app to get around windows not being able to format anything larger than 32gb in fat32, i found a 32gig card and got it all working!

[Ray Gillman]

Yes for larger storage I always have to go with "xFat" nowadays - such vast memory storage on ssd and thumb drives today 64GB and 128GB are commonplace or even quaint - remember before fat32 when regular fat was like 2GB I'm maxed I'm tapping out!  Oh wow Fat32 to the rescue

[akas773]

SDrive 1.3 Won't Boot After Attaching to SIO on Fujinet 1.6X  - (also posted in the FujiNet forum)

 

FujiNet is a 1.6X -

SDrive-Max is flashed to 1.3 - It was from Vintage Computer.  It has a 9341 display and it looks like it has an UNO2SIO board -

 

I attached the SDrive-Max to the FujiNet SIO a few months ago and set it all aside until recently.

 

When I tried to use the SDrive-Max without the FujiNet, it wouldn't boot any DOS or disk images and wouldn't load D0: -

It also does not boot on a different Atari 8-bit computer.

 

I opened the SDrive-Max, removed the display, tightened the cables, and reassembled the device and re-flashed the SDrive-Max to 1.3 -

It still did not boot on SIO or external power.

 

Strangely, the SDrive-Max DOES boot when it's attached to the FujiNet SIO.

 

I also tried recopying sdrive.atr to the SD card and trying the original SD card - Neither SD card boots.

 

SDrive-Max display shows - SIO CMD Timeout

 

Is there any reason this would happen?
Is there a way to make the SDrive-Max boot again as the only SIO device?

 

Thanks!

 

 

AK