Re: Serious BUG in MS Flash (FAL) ??

Hi Mark,

Yes, I found out the same thing: I'm also partitioning the FlashStore a few
sectors smaller as a Workaround now and the Full-Format works.
But still the problem is not really solved. For example when you do a
ScanDisk the after copying some hundreds files on the FlashFileSystem it
will ALWAYS find invalid files and lost clusters, and the weird thing is
that doing the scan once more will still find some other lost clusters, just
less. Repeating the procedure many times leads to Total flash corruption.
I will try your suggestion and leave a whole flash block unused, maybe this
fixes the problem completely (i did only reserve ~1/2 block).

Another note: The FAL already reserves 2 Flash Blocks for Compaction
purposes (they cannot be used in the partition). So I think giving the FAL
more unused sectors only delays the occurrence of the problem, it does not
really sove it.

BTW: I'm trying to get to the MS Technical support. In my Platform Builder
5.0 "Quick Start Guide" Booklet it states that 2 Free incidents are
included, but when Veryfying the PID it tells me that no free support is
possible.. very odd. Do I have really have to pay to get this issue solved?


regards

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John


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