[Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] Fwd: Yaesu FT5DR issue

[Ian]

The problem was multiple partitions - reformatting doesn't solve that.  I
had to delete all the existing partitions and then create one large
partition that filled the SDCard.  Then the radio could format the entire
SDCard.
73, Ian N8IK

On Wed, Jan 3, 2024 at 10:18 PM Robert Wilson, D.D. <bob.wilson.dd at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Computer Guy here:
>
> Try putting the card in your PC, formatting it, and see what happens. You
> should/could lose about 1 GB out of 16 GB for creating the file structure,
> called "overhead". If it tests OK, proceed. If not, replace the drive (SD
> card).
> Now put it back in the radio and format it for the radio. If it looks bad,
> replace the drive (SD card).
>
> KO4KGC - Bob Wilson
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 29, 2023 at 8:24 PM Ian <iann8ik at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Joe KT3I identified the issue exactly.
>> 73, Ian N8IK
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>> From: Joe Porcelli <porcej at gmail.com>
>> Date: Fri, Dec 29, 2023 at 7:44 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] Yaesu FT5DR issue
>> To: Ian <iann8ik at gmail.com>
>>
>>
>> Ian,
>>
>> I suspect the SD card has multiple partitions.  If the FT5DR is anything
>> like the FT2DR then it can only see the first logical partition in the SD
>> card.  If the SD card was used in something else (Raspberry Pi, Song
>> camera, handicam, et el) then it is likely there are two or more logical
>> partitions on the card.  As an example Raspberry pi has a “boot” partition
>> and then a “root” partition and maybe some others like swap.
>>
>> If this is the case, delete all the partitions on the drive
>> https://www.wikihow.com/Partition-an-SD-Card then create one blank
>> partition (or fat32) the. Put it in the radio and format it.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Joe
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 29, 2023 at 1:38 PM Ian <iann8ik at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > My FT5DR has a memory card issue.  I've inserted a 16GB Sandisk card in
>> and
>> > formatted it with the radio's menu so that the proper directory
>> structure
>> > is written.  The 'memory info' menu item says I have 62MB free and a
>> > capacity of 62MB.  I suspect the firmware needs an update (yes, running
>> the
>> > current version).  Anyone else seeing this on an FT5DR?
>> >
>> > 73, Ian N8IK
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