iLiad Doesn't show any content of CF or SD

Tscherno · 05-23-2010, 05:44 AM

Hi,

i have a first gen iLiad and haven't used it a long time. Yesterday i tried to look at some PDFs i have and filled my CF card with content. I inserted in the iLiad, opened the CF but it showed up abolultley empty. I tried a different CF card, same. Then i tried a SD card. Same. USB Stick works.

I also tried to restore it via CF described like here
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17343
but that didn't work. Just booted up normally.

Any ideas?

cbell · 05-25-2010, 01:51 AM

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26357

What capacity is your CF card? Did it ever work with your iLiad? Is your SD card's capacity 1GB or less?

Tscherno · 05-25-2010, 02:39 AM

I'm pretty sure that that card was working. It is 1Gb and i tried also one with 2Gb. The SD Card is 4GB. They are all fresh formatted and writeable via Windows. Do i have a better chance with a completetly new MMC Card? If so i buy one...

pauli · 05-25-2010, 03:22 AM

On the iLiad the SD card capacity is limited to 1 GB (MMC spec), not sure why the CF card isn't working. I'm using a Kingston 1GB CF card, that sometimes doesn't get recognized. A reboot usually helps to fix that.

Tscherno · 05-25-2010, 03:25 AM

Are there any constraints on CF size?

pauli · 05-25-2010, 03:49 AM

I think I read somewhere (long time ago) that 8 GB is maximum, people reported they got this working. But the filesystem of the iLiad only shows that 4 GB are available.

Here's an overview of what people reported "from the field":
https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Iliad_Memorycards_list
just noticed that someone reported he got a 32 GB CF card working... That's the theoretical limit for a FAT32 filesystem

Tscherno · 05-25-2010, 10:51 AM

OK i just bought a 1GB MMC and a 4GB CF Card and they are both working now factory formatted. Don't know what the problem with the other cards is, but i'm happy now. Thank you!

Shaggy · 05-25-2010, 12:57 PM

How did you format them? If they got formatted under Windows as NTFS, then they won't work. They need to be FAT or FAT32, I believe. Not sure if that was your problem though.

Tscherno · 05-25-2010, 01:12 PM

No i tried FAT32 and then FAT16

05-23-2010, 05:44 AM	#1
Tscherno iLiad Geek Posts: 110 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Regensburg / Germany Device: iLiad #505; Sony T1, Amazon Paperwhite first Gen & sec is coming!	Doesn't show any content of CF or SD Hi, i have a first gen iLiad and haven't used it a long time. Yesterday i tried to look at some PDFs i have and filled my CF card with content. I inserted in the iLiad, opened the CF but it showed up abolultley empty. I tried a different CF card, same. Then i tried a SD card. Same. USB Stick works. I also tried to restore it via CF described like here https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17343 but that didn't work. Just booted up normally. Any ideas?

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05-25-2010, 01:51 AM	#2
cbell Frenetic Posts: 590 Karma: 8181 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Australia Device: iLiad V2	https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26357 What capacity is your CF card? Did it ever work with your iLiad? Is your SD card's capacity 1GB or less?

05-25-2010, 02:39 AM	#3
Tscherno iLiad Geek Posts: 110 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Regensburg / Germany Device: iLiad #505; Sony T1, Amazon Paperwhite first Gen & sec is coming!	I'm pretty sure that that card was working. It is 1Gb and i tried also one with 2Gb. The SD Card is 4GB. They are all fresh formatted and writeable via Windows. Do i have a better chance with a completetly new MMC Card? If so i buy one...

05-25-2010, 03:22 AM	#4
pauli Groupie Posts: 185 Karma: 119824 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: iLiad, DR1000S, HTC Hero, DR800SG	On the iLiad the SD card capacity is limited to 1 GB (MMC spec), not sure why the CF card isn't working. I'm using a Kingston 1GB CF card, that sometimes doesn't get recognized. A reboot usually helps to fix that.

05-25-2010, 03:25 AM	#5
Tscherno iLiad Geek Posts: 110 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Regensburg / Germany Device: iLiad #505; Sony T1, Amazon Paperwhite first Gen & sec is coming!	Are there any constraints on CF size?

05-25-2010, 03:49 AM	#6
pauli Groupie Posts: 185 Karma: 119824 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: iLiad, DR1000S, HTC Hero, DR800SG	I think I read somewhere (long time ago) that 8 GB is maximum, people reported they got this working. But the filesystem of the iLiad only shows that 4 GB are available. Here's an overview of what people reported "from the field": https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Iliad_Memorycards_list just noticed that someone reported he got a 32 GB CF card working... That's the theoretical limit for a FAT32 filesystem

05-25-2010, 10:51 AM	#7
Tscherno iLiad Geek Posts: 110 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Regensburg / Germany Device: iLiad #505; Sony T1, Amazon Paperwhite first Gen & sec is coming!	OK i just bought a 1GB MMC and a 4GB CF Card and they are both working now factory formatted. Don't know what the problem with the other cards is, but i'm happy now. Thank you!

05-25-2010, 12:57 PM	#8
Shaggy Wizard Posts: 4,293 Karma: 529619 Join Date: May 2007 Device: iRex iLiad, DR800SG	How did you format them? If they got formatted under Windows as NTFS, then they won't work. They need to be FAT or FAT32, I believe. Not sure if that was your problem though.

05-25-2010, 01:12 PM	#9
Tscherno iLiad Geek Posts: 110 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Regensburg / Germany Device: iLiad #505; Sony T1, Amazon Paperwhite first Gen & sec is coming!	No i tried FAT32 and then FAT16

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