card reader writer, can't write mp3 to card, path too deep

[pantagruel]

Hi,

I've got a generic card reader writer that handles various card types.
I've been writing - or to be more specific dropping files from Windows
Explorer - to a 512 mb compact flash card, but with still 100 mb left
to go it wouldn't write them anymore, the message I get back (in
danish) translates to "path too deep"

I suppose this is a problem specifically with the emulation layer which
allows a CF to be viewed as part of the filesystem, any suggestions,
further information I can look at?

 

[paulmd]

Hi,

I've got a generic card reader writer that handles various card types.
I've been writing - or to be more specific dropping files from Windows
Explorer - to a 512 mb compact flash card, but with still 100 mb left
to go it wouldn't write them anymore, the message I get back (in
danish) translates to "path too deep"

I think this referrs to nested subfolders. Is your directory structure
complicated, or do you have very long names? Or do you have everything
in one folder, perhaps you can organize, to get around number of files
in folder limits.

 

[Uwe Sieber]

Hi,

I've got a generic card reader writer that handles various card types.
I've been writing - or to be more specific dropping files from Windows
Explorer - to a 512 mb compact flash card, but with still 100 mb left
to go it wouldn't write them anymore, the message I get back (in
danish) translates to "path too deep"

The maximum overall path lenght is 255. Have you reached
this?
Another limit it the number of files in the root folder
if the drive is formatted with FAT. If this is the problem
just create a sub folder and put the files in there.


Greetings from Germany

Uwe

 

[pantagruel]

Thanks, I think its the number of files in the root folder. I have 120
and it is FAT, I was saving everything in the root so this is one
reason I couldn't understand the references to the path.

Cheers,
Bryan Rasmussen