Xbpartitioner: How To Format Bit Hard Drives..., PLEASE HELP!! Options

[PIRATA!]

Hi to every one.
I have to put in my XBox a new hard drive, and so I got a Western Digital 320Gb.
I would like to use it with a "Big-F" partition, and looking here at the X-S forum I figured out that I MUST format it with XBpartitioner using "32k clusters" to have partitions bigger then 250Gb.

I have flashed my Xecuter 2 modchip with last bios "x2_5035_vOld_512k.bin", where "vOLD" is because I have an OLD version of XBox, "ver.1.1" (this bios ver. "5035" is provided in two different versions: "vOLD" for XBox 1.0 to 1.5, and "v16plus" for ALL 1.6 XBox).

Now with I have so the LAST X2 bios that have FULL LBA48 support. Infatc XBpartitioner works good.
Before flashing this bios I had bios ver. "4983" I use to get a strange message when excuting XBpartitioner that says that I hadn't full support for LBA48, telling also to update to a new bios.

My only doubts are in HOW TO USE XBpartitioner. I want to use a Big-F partition and the bios I have flashed is settled up already to have Big-F, so the bios is OK. Now, these are the questions related to XBpartitioner:


- can I CHANGE fisically the size of partitions C,E,X,Y,Z or MUST they have original XBox size?????

- if I format ONLY the Big-F partition with "32k clusters", MUST I format ALL other partitions with "32k clusters" either or MUST I keep them as they are (that if I am correct is "16k clusters")???

- is there a "one-for-all" command that can create/format ALL partitions with a Big-F already configured to be bigger then 250Gb (I mean if there is a command that formats ALL the HDD with a Big-F with "32k clusters")???????



Please let me know. Thank you.

This post has been edited by PIRATA!: Apr 1 2006, 03:20 AM

[JustinT9669]

- can I CHANGE fisically the size of partitions C,E,X,Y,Z or MUST they have original XBox size?????

No, the Xbox needs these partitions. Do not edit the partition sizes. These drives are used for cache and etc.

- if I format ONLY the Big-F partition with "32k clusters", MUST I format ALL other partitions with "32k clusters" either or MUST I keep them as they are (that if I am correct is "16k clusters")???
- is there a "one-for-all" command that can create/format ALL partitions with a Big-F already configured to be bigger then 250Gb (I mean if there is a command that formats ALL the HDD with a Big-F with "32k clusters")???????
Please let me know. Thank you.

You only need to format the F partition with 32k clusters.

This post has been edited by JustinT9669: Apr 1 2006, 07:47 AM

[PIRATA!]

No, the Xbox needs these partitions. Do not edit the partition sizes. These drives are used for cache and etc.

You only need to format the F partition with 32k clusters.

Thank you.
So you mean that I MUST format those partitions with 16k clusters??
Isn't it better to leave those partitions with they size, but to format them with 32k clusters????

In the XBpartitioner readme I have found this thing:

Quick setup schemes are:

F takes everything above the standard partitions up to 129GB \ no G
F takes everything above the standard partitions
F takes everything above the standard partitions up to 129GB \ G takes rest
F & G split everything above the standard partitions

I thing that the hilighted line is the one thats good for me... what and with which cluster numer (16/32) does it format??
Where and how do I choose that option??
I have took a look to XBpartitioner but I havn't found nothing about it.

Please HELP!

This post has been edited by PIRATA!: Apr 1 2006, 02:45 PM

[JustinT9669]

No, just format Partition 6 with 32k cluster. You don't need to formart the other partitions.

[PIRATA!]

No, just format Partition 6 with 32k cluster. You don't need to formart the other partitions.

Ok!
But is there a ALL-IN-ONE function that let me format all partitions as normal, and only the F partition with 32k clusters??

Thank you.

[LostIt]

Whatever you used to create the partitions in the first place (XboxHDM?) already formatted all the partitions with 16K clusters. The only thing you need to do now is format partition 6 (F partition) with 32K clusters and then use as normal.

I personally would like to see a version of XboxHDM that automaticaally checks to see if 32K clusters would be needed according to the F partition size... and then does it. This would be a BIG help. Anyone know of a version that does that? I currently use XboxHDM V1.9

Hope this helps.

[PIRATA!]

What is XboxHDM V1.9???

I use XBpartitioner and personally its very useful...




This post has been edited by PIRATA!: Apr 10 2006, 11:50 PM