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PC-250, PC-260, and PC-300 User’s Guide Page 57
apply. The file system to use depends on the type of card and how you
expect to use it.
The supported file systems are:
File Allocation
Table (FAT)
This is a standard MS-DOS file system used
for managing diskettes and hard disks. The
CardTalk Control Panel or the TC Utility
TCFORMAT places a FAT on SRAM cards
or on Flash memory cards. MS-DOS requires
a FAT file system to boot from a PC memory
card.
Flash File System
version 2.0 (FFS2)
This is a Microsoft standard that provides the
most flexible structure for Flash cards. FFS2
uses a linked-list of blocks. Internally, each
block is of variable length, with identifying
information in the header portion of the block.
MS-DOS commands work except for
FORMAT and CHKDSK.
FAT/Flash This is a special FAT for Flash cards. A card
formatted with a Flash FAT appears to be a
read-only SRAM card to a notebook computer
PC. Some notebooks can boot from cards
formatted this way. Refer to your computer
owner’s manual to determine if you can use
this feature.
You can use MS-DOS commands on a Flash
card configured with a FAT, except as
follows:
• You cannot delete files from or edit files
stored on a Flash FAT formatted card. To
delete or change any file on the card you
must erase the entire card and copy the
files back to the card.
• You must use the CardTalk Control Panel
or the TC Utilities program
TCXCOPY.EXE to copy files to the card.
• The MS-DOS DEL command does not
work.
• The MS-DOS CHKDSK command does
not work.