Hi!
I just tried to uppdate the os (1.10). After dropping the os-file onto the drumit5drive and restarting the unit it stops booting in the middle of the startup process... i have boot version 1.30 so that should not be a prob... and i have done several upgrades before and never had any probs...
the screen reads:
DrumIt_Five
FAT_S_0512_C_04K
Boot 1.30
OS 1.10
Does anyone know how to fix this??
Thanx
/PeterInn
Hey, you might want to see this below... from another thread...
http://www.2box-forum.com/index.php/topic,139.45.html
Hope it helps (thanks Duckers)
Hi LooPercuS!
Do you get error: FAT_S_0512_C_04k?
Then you need to reformat the flash card.
Below is a cut from the "Resources" page of this forum:
.. if you see a strange message when the OS starts like
FAT_S_0512_C_04k
(meaning a FAT with 512 byte sector and 4 kbyte cluster is detected),
you have a Flash drive with the wrong formatting.
Even though this is technically a correct drive format, for the purpose of playing sound files in DrumIt, it's not appropriate (sounds might distort). Unfortunately this might have happened on some units of the first batch.
If you succeeded in updating to boot 1.30 and the you have wrong drive format, you can reformat the drive to FAT32, 32 kbyte cluster and copy back all sound files. If anything fails, contact your distributor.
br
Duckers
Thank you NeilC!
"If you succeeded in updating to boot 1.30 and the you have wrong drive format, you can reformat the drive to FAT32, 32 kbyte cluster and copy back all sound files. If anything fails, contact your distributor".
I dont really know what this means... how do i reformat the drive FAT32?.. i dont even know what FAT32 is.. any help here would be great. at this point i cant even use the my drums because the brain freezes during startup :(
/Peter
FAT32 is a kind of format you can choose when you format a hard drive. You also can use NTFS (which is much better for a computer use IMO).
So simply plug your brain using USB to your computer, copy/paste all the files (samples, user's manual....) on your computer and format it in FAT32 (on PC : right clic on the drive -> format ; on Mac use drive utility tool).
When it's done, copy/paste again all files in the brain and make any necessary update needed.
Hope it helped ;)
If you connect the Drumit5 to your PC via USB and power up the Unit then press the USB button, do you see the DRUMIT5 as a drive on your PC? if so you need to format it by right clicking and choosing format, then make sure it's formatted in the way specified... FAT32, 32 kbyte cluster
Obviously anything that is already on your drive will be over-written, so if you can, copy the contents off it to your PC before formatting. Format, then copy back over.
FAT32 refers to the type of File Allocation Table and is how hard drives are formatted - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Allocation_Table
I don't know if you should contact your distributor or whether this invalidate any warranty, I don't think it would...
I don't know if this will help, but I would try to make an error check before formatting all the SD card.
(on Windows, command line: chkdsk ["drumitfive volume letter"] /f)
Thanks for helping guys, i will try to format the brain.. ill let you know how it went! Have a great weekend!
/peter
Nope... nothing works now... i formated the brain using fat32 formating after copying all the files on the flash card to another location on the computer. now when i start the brain up it says FAT_error and then it reads usb_disconected. It does say that i have boot1.30 installed but no os. Anyone know what can be done at this point(i am using a mac).. i am supposed to gig with my kit next week:(
/Peter
Have you contacted support at 2box?
The email address to contact them directly is: info@2box.se
Maybe if the file system was corrupt, then some of the files were... Maybe try re-downloading the OS and #start from scratch'...
Hi Peter.
What ser number do you have?
We had unfortunately a batch of bad SD cards between 1050 and 1559.
In that case, see
http://www.2box.se/Pages/sd-procedure.html
Otherwise, does the unit still appear as USB drive when you start it in USB mode?
See this
http://www.ehow.com/how_2063795_format-hard-drive-mac-os.html
but choose FAT32, 32 kB cluster.
Now copy back all files and make sure the OS (DrumIt110.bin) and settings file (DrumIt.dkit) end up on the root (the topmost folder) on the DrumIt drive.
Deve.
Hi!
I am very greatful that so many of you are trying to help.
I have serial 00279
I got a mail from Bengt, and he recomended me to format in winXP, so that is what i did.
What bothers me is that the brain appears as 2 different storage devices... one that is 200Mb (M:on my computer) and one unspecified whith 3.61GB of storage. i cant format any of these two units to FAT32, 32Kb cluster size.
when trying to format the smaller (M: 200Mb) I get this message:the cluster size is to big for the chosen file system.
When trying to format the other drive (unspecified one, 3.61Gb) i get the message: the task could not finish due to the cluster or volume is not active, restart computer to activate, which i did and it still doesn´t work. (the messages are in swedish so i translated them as well as i can).
I have no idea what to do here
Here is the same text in swedish.. it is easier for me to explain and i know that there are alot of swedes here:)
När jag pluggar in modulen via usb till min pc med windows xp och gör som du instruerade så får jag upp följande:
1. Det verkar som lagringen på modulen är uppdelad i två delar... en del (som på min dator heter M:) som är på 200Mb och en del som inte har något namn på 3,61Gb.
2. när jag försöker formatera den första delen (M:) så får jag medelandet "klusterstorleken är för stor för det filsystemet som valts" och så avbryts formateringen. Det står
också att filsystemet är Fat32 och status felfri.
3. När jag försöker formatera den andra delen (utan namn) så får jag meddelandet: "Åtgärden slutfördes inte eftersom partitionen eller volymen inte är aktiverad. Starta om datorn för att aktivera partitionen eller volymen". Efter att ha startat om datorn så får jag samma meddelanden. under fliken filsystem på denna enheten står det ingenting.
tacksam för all hjälp jag kan få
/Peter
nothing works!
i have been in front of my computers all day trying to format and get it all to work... winXp cant do anything with the soundmodule... and my mac wont let me specify the cluster size... winXp reads the module as two discs but cant access the larger one and in some weird way creates a crappy 200mb drive that i cant do anything with. i have all the nescessery files on the drumit drive but i still get the crappy FAT_error and No_os messages... and then starts the brain in usb mode whithout me doing anything. I cant get the brain back to when i worked with os1.04.. i have 6 gigs in the upcoming 2 weeks and no drums...
QuoteI cant get the brain back to when i worked with os1.04.. i have 6 gigs in the upcoming 2 weeks and no drums...
can't you remove the card from the brain and format it directly in the computer?
I dont see how that would be any different... but i guess i have to try...
Nope... that didnt do it either, same problem as before... On my mac, I dont know how to choose cluster size... anyone know? my pc just crashes as soon as i put the card in... can i put any 4gb sd-card inside the brain?
Check other topics here about this before you try anything.
Hi.
What sd card do you have?
Your pc can't possibly crash by just putting the card in, or?
Oterwise right click on the card and choose format.
Don't select quick format. Use fat32 32 kB cluster.
This must work...
Stop stop.
Incredibly enough you got 2 partitions on the sd card.
The small one seems to be the first and that's the one the boot program loads the OS from. So first you have to repartition the drive to one single partition. Right click on My Computer and choose Manage. There's a Disk item. I don't have a pc at hand now, but there you can repartitipn and format the sd card.
Then write back all the files.
Deve.
Quote from: mr.inn on December 05, 2010, 04:36:41 PM
I dont see how that would be any different... but i guess i have to try...
it's very different, because then you are not using the 2Box module's own mass storage interface. definitely worth a try.
deve.. i did have 2 partitions on the card?? alltough one of them is "not active" and i cant activate it... i belive that that might be the prob. I now formated the card with one partitions on my mac but the problem still remains... my winPC still reads it like two. my pc freezes as soon as i put the card in the card reader, but after 10-15 min i got a message saying somthing about a problem with the I/O something... so i think it might be my cardreader on my winPC that doesnt work, but i kan still access the card trough usb. Anyway i have been in contact with Bengt and he is sending me a new card preloaded with all the files needed (thanks for helping me on a sunday Bengt!).
Lets see how it goes from here. thanks guys for helping!
/Peter
Ok. Seems the safest to use a new SD card.
But how did your card get formatted in 2 partitions at all?
Since the dawn of the universe, there has been no drive which has repartioned itself, I can assure you...
So what / who has fooled around with your SD card?
Deve.
I blame Roland!!!!!
haha!
The repartion "might" have been me at some point during the 1000000 frantic formating hours i spent... but the actual prob occurred before that when i got my FAT-something error... that was why I started formating the card in the first place... but still, the weird thing is that my mac reads the flash card as a single drive while my winPC still reads it as two separate ones, one 200mb active and one 3.61gb not active... I dont get that ???
Anyway, thanks for helping!
got my new sd-card today, everything works great now:)
Thanks 2box and Bengt for great customer support!
I found a solution for the "FAT_S_0512_C_04K"- problem:
you need to format the internal sd-card with this program (available for win & mac os): https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_3/
this formats the sd-card with fat32, clustersize 32kbyte. my mac and windows-pc couldn´t do that (clustersize was wrong).
after using this and re-copying everything on the card the problem was solved in my case!
remember to backup the card-content before formatting!!
cheers,
ToP