USB drive not recognized

I am going to upload a image file called PCUAE-FIX.img, its here (its in PCU Zipped folder)it for PCUAE and has it included on it but when you copy the image to your USB Stick it fixes it and THEC64 is able to see the USB Drive, you will need Win32 Disk imager in the same folder and install it then use it to copy the image to your USB Stick, Its a copy of my USB Stick that works in my THEVIC20, the size of the USB Stick will be about 1.86 GB then cause thats the size of my USB Stick, if you don't want to use PCUAE you can just delete the files on it, if you want to add more space to your USB Stick now its working, you have to use a program that can make the partition bigger like Gpart on Linux or Mini Tools Partition Wizard or some kind of app that that.

Or this might help...

Got my USB Stick 2 GB working with PCUAE... , Make sure your USB Stick is not marked bootable, PCUAE will not work on bootable USB Sticks/SD Cards, that means if you used it to boot a OS or make a Bootable USB Stick with it, you have to unmark it as bootable first to be able to use it with PCUAE.

You can use Linux to sort it out..

Type:

fdisk -ul /dev/sda

You will see something like this.. This is my 2GB USB Stick

Disk /dev/sda: 2002 MB, 2002780160 bytes

16 heads, 32 sectors/track, 7640 cylinders, total 3911680 sectors

Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Device-----Boot---Start------End------Blocks Id System

/dev/sda1 * 8064 3911679 1951808 e Win95 FAT16 (LBA)

See where it say Boot it has a star meaning it marked as bootable

Now Type...

fdisk /dev/sda

Now Type m(Press Enter)

you will see..

Command (m for help): m

Command Action

a toggle a bootable flag

b edit bsd disklabel

c toggle the dos compatibility flag

d delete a partition

l list known partition types

n add a new partition

o create a new empty DOS partition table

p print the partition table

q quit without saving changes

s create a new empty Sun disklabel

t change a partition's system id

u change display/entry units

v verify the partition table

w write table to disk and exit

x extra functionality (experts only)


Now Type a(Press Enter)

and then type 1(Press Enter)

Command (m for help): a

Partition number (1-4): 1

and then type w(Press Enter) to save to the USB Stick, now..


Command (m for help): w

The partition table has been altered.

Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table

[ 706.447496] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] No Caching mode page present

[ 706.453680] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through

[ 706.461488] sda: sda1


Now Type..

fdisk -ul /dev/sda

it now should now be unmarked (star has gone under Boot) as bootable and work with PCU.

Disk /dev/sda: 2002 MB, 2002780160 bytes

16 heads, 32 sectors/track, 7640 cylinders, total 3911680 sectors

Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes



Device-----Boot Start -----End------Blocks Id System

/dev/sda1 8064 3911679 1951808 e Win95 FAT16 (LBA)

#

# --> Booting PCU by Fake Update from USB

Start of sda1 partition: 4128768

loop device: /dev/loop0

Mounting Carousel....

Check for Start up Script...

--> Amora C64 Maxi EU Carousel v1.3.2, 225 225 Games Slots

--> Mounting Controllers/Joystick Gamecontrollerdb Text File

Starting Carousel Gamelist Selector

The first Carousel Gamelist Screen 0_fav starting up..

[ 782.925429] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p2): re-mounted. Opts: nobarrier,noauto_da_alloc,data=ordered

Script doesn't exist - copying...

--> Unmounting directories

[ 783.031709] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p2): re-mounted. Opts: nobarrier,noauto_da_alloc,data=ordered

Creating 'first_boot_completed' file...

--> Mounting messages_de.msg

--> Mounting messages_en.msg

--> Mounting messages_es.msg

--> Mounting messages_fr.msg

--> Mounting messages_it.msg

--> Mounting /tmp/pcu/Carousel_Games/Games/0_fav/games

--> Mounting /tmp/pcu/Carousel_Games/Games/0_fav/textures/First_rgl_splash1.png

--> Mounting /tmp/pcu/Carousel_Games/Games/0_fav/music/mix_mini1.wav

--> Please wait...

--> Booting Carousel Gamelist Screen 0_fav


More help here for Windows users...


Diskpart..

Manual Method via Diskpart – Windows:


1.Open a command Prompt as administrator (cmd.exe)

2.Type Diskpart and press Enter

3.Type List Disk and press Enter

4.Type Select Disk X (where X is the disk number of your USB drive) and press Enter

5.Type Clean and press Enter

6.Type Create Partition Primary and press Enter

7.Type Active and press Enter

8.Type Format fs=Fat32 Quick and press Enter

9.Type Exit and press Enter




You can use Mini Tools Partition Wizard(I use it all the time) to format USB Flash Drives and SD Cards, that's here.. www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html
And info here on.. Restore Your USB Key to its original state...

www.pendrivelinux.com/restoring-your-usb-key-partition/

User - wini - this works too to format a USB Stick.. HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool

User - jj0 - This method works as well: thec64community.online/post/2907/thread