Technical questions for the MPC2000xl and the MPC2000
By ZachariahMoreno Mon Jun 03, 2024 9:11 pm
I am trying to format a 64 GB MicroSD card using a ZULU SCSI and the MPC 2000XL but I keep getting this error that says "Error at 0000:D28A" Can anyone tell me how to fix this? Am I using a SD card that is too large?
By dubsetter Sat Jun 22, 2024 5:29 pm
did u format the card to fat system before?
(pc)

dont know though, if it can handle 64 gb.
im using a 32 gb san disk.
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By chilom Sat Jun 22, 2024 6:44 pm
It depends. It wont work if you did format the whole SD card as FAT, max partition size is 32g for FAT32.
I do use a 64gb card
format the sd card as exFat (what i did)
- use the disktools provided by your operation system.
- create your un-formated virtual drive up to 2g (do this only once) (let say HD0.img)
- mount this into the mpc, format the virtual drive from there
- back to your computer host, duplicate that file, up to 7 drives. (well just 5 for the mpc, as if i remember 5, 6 where already taken )

So what about the wasted space ?

you could organise the sd with this layout :
Root--
--------| mpc2K --
------------------------| HD0.img
------------------------| HD1.img
------------------------| ....
--------| anotherOldGear --
------------------------| HD0.img
------------------------| HD1.img
------------------------| ....

Before switching from one gear to another, just modify the zuluscsi.ini file to look into the right folder.
Side note : If you plan to use into even older FAT compatible hardware, i would suggest 1g based virtual hds for maximum compatibility
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By chilom Sun Jun 23, 2024 3:53 pm
for clarity, that 32G limit for FAT32 is for windows based os.
the HD0.img that you will format from the mpc is the Akai FAT filesystem.
beware to keep filename as 8.3 pattern convention, otherwise your os (pc, mac) will mess them up