[chirp_users] Bootable Chirp CD & Thumb-drive

[David Evans]

Thanks, Tom.  I will have to check that.  I don't know much about the fake
drives and what you might get if you buy a drive from a discount house but
that could very well be my problem. I will also try with a different
thumb-drive.


On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Tom Morris <blueneon at gmail.com> wrote:

> If a fake flash drive is a concern, use H2TestW as mentioned here.
> http://fightflashfraud.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/h2testw-gold-standard-in-detecting-fake-capacity-flash/
>
> If the drive's good, it should work with no errors. If it's burned with a
> fake capacity, it'll let you know what the real capacity was.
>
> Also, if the drive is not fake but has a defect, it'll catch that too. I
> have had several Sandisk MicroSD cards go bad and H2TestW reminds me that
> the corruption problems aren't my fault, it's the card's... zowie!
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 7:17 PM, Jeff Melton <W5JNM at arrl.net> wrote:
>
>> Sorry to chase this rabbit trail, but my search of the wiki
>> <http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home> for the procedure
>> you mention didn't return any results. Can someone kindly point this
>> n00b in the right direction?
>>
>> Jeff
>> W5JNM -at- ARRL
>>
>> On 7/30/13 11:14 PM, chirp_users-request at intrepid.danplanet.com wrote:
>> > Message: 7
>> > Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 20:30:46 -0600
>> > From: David Evans<kd7uch at gmail.com>
>> > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Bootable Chirp CD & Thumb-drive
>> > To: Discussion of CHIRP<chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
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>> > Jim,
>> > That is the way I crested mine.  It is the procedure described in the
>> wiki.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > David
>> >
>> > kd7uch at arrl.net
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Thanks,
David
kd7uch at arrl.net
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