Does SMS read several partitions on USB drives?

**edea86** · 04-10-2008,09:45 AM

When I plug my 320 gb USB hard disk to my ps2 (with 4 partitions), SMS just read the first partition.
Is SMS able to read several partitions on USB drives (and I don't know how) or it can just read the first one?
Thanks.

**Jones23** · 04-10-2008,10:08 AM

Only one partition is supported.

best regards Jones23

**xtrender** · 02-09-2009,04:50 PM

Originally Posted by Jones23

Only one partition is supported.

best regards Jones23

i have a usb hdd with 3 partitions.
1st ntfs
2nd fat16
3th fat32

sms recognizes the usb device but dont shows its contents.

there is a way to tell sms witch partition it is supposed to load?

**psi88** · 02-09-2009,08:28 PM

I'm guessing it only reads the first logical drive/partition and that partition must be fat32 to be valid to see the files.. or you will only see a blank drive

NTFS is NOT supported..

**xtrender** · 02-10-2009,09:40 AM

Originally Posted by psi88

I'm guessing it only reads the first logical drive/partition and that partition must be fat32 to be valid to see the files.. or you will only see a blank drive

NTFS is NOT supported..

i changed my partition schema with gparted.
now i have two fat 32 partitions and the ntfs at the end, but sms always open a blank drive. grrr.

**psi88** · 02-10-2009,09:55 AM

can you set one of these partitions as "active" so its the logical drive for that HDD, ie its the partition that would try to boot if you asked it to, see if that works..

**xtrender** · 02-10-2009,11:25 AM

Originally Posted by psi88

can you set one of these partitions as "active" so its the logical drive for that HDD, ie its the partition that would try to boot if you asked it to, see if that works..

i dont know how to do that.. i tried an option "manage flags" and one of them was boot.
but nothing happened. =/

i have LaunchElf 4.8 (i dont know if is written that way)
this program find both partition (2 fat32).

maybe the problem is the driver that sms use.

EDIT:
diskmgmt.msc in command line and i set the fat32 partition as "active" and it worked.
thank you very much.

**psi88** · 02-10-2009,07:09 PM

Originally Posted by xtrender

i dont know how to do that.. i tried an option "manage flags" and one of them was boot.
but nothing happened. =/

i have LaunchElf 4.8 (i dont know if is written that way)
this program find both partition (2 fat32).

maybe the problem is the driver that sms use.

EDIT:
diskmgmt.msc in command line and i set the fat32 partition as "active" and it worked.
thank you very much.

Coolio, thought it would be that.. Glad it worked..

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