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HYDRA SD MAX mystery

mparkmpark Posts: 1,305
edited 2009-05-14 14:57 in Propeller 1
I ran the demo program that came with the SD MAX (sdmax_demo_001.spin). It mounted the SD card successfully, but the partition boot information is way off:
Loading partition boot record from 778135908

first_fat_sector = 778135908
first_dir_sector = 778135908
first_data_sector = 778135908



Looking a little closer, I discovered that the Master Boot Record (sector 0) on my SD card contains text ("Remove disks or other media...") starting around $1b0. So when the demo program looks for a partition entry at $1be, it finds junk.

Is there a form of Master Boot Record different from the one described in the SD MAX documentation?

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  • mparkmpark Posts: 1,305
    edited 2009-05-14 14:57
    Turns out that sector 0 on my SD card is a Partition Boot Record. It doesn't have an MBR at all. Who knew?
    fsrw handles this possibility, so I guess it's kosher, but is it documented anywhere that the MBR might not be there?
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