Recommended CF Capacity for Carnivore2?

Rookie (24)

03-01-2020, 14:40

The "Carnivore2 Quick Start Guide" recommends 4Gb CF card, which equals to 512MB. But can 2GB CF be used, giving that Carnivore2 uses FAT16, which supports upto 2GB/partition?

Thank you.

By Grauw

Ascended (10821)

03-01-2020, 14:57

They mean 4 gigabyte, not 4 gigabit. FAT16 can support up to 4 GB/partition.

Don’t take the casing too literally , CF capacities are commonly indicated in bytes not bits.

By Pencioner

Scribe (1611)

03-01-2020, 14:59

It is possible to use even 16Gb CF with four 4Gb partitions and it works fine. You have to add commands to AUTOEXEC.BAT to make Nextor mount partitions on system start. Example:

MAPDRV /L D: 2 1 1
MAPDRV /L E: 3 1 1
MAPDRV /L F: 4 1 1

where 2, 3, and 4 are partition numbers. if your C2 is in slot 2 not in slot 1 then change last numbers to 2 (i.e. MAPDRV /L D: 2 1 2). Here drive letters start from D because B and C are taken by flooppy in my case. If you have no floppy you can use letters from B upwards

By tech

Rookie (24)

03-01-2020, 14:57

Thank you