TO FORMAT A COMPACT FLASH CARD FOR MACHINE USAGE:
I found the following to work on an 4gb cf cards....
TO FORMAT A COMPACT FLASH CARD FOR MACHINE USAGE (FANUC 15,16,18, OR 21):
THE CARDS MUST BE IN FAT FORMAT, OR THE MACHINE WILL HAVE A 1010 ERROR MESSAGE. ON A CARD LARGER THAN 2GB, THE CLUSTER SIZE MUST BE 64K.
USE WINDOWS EXPLORER TO TO CONFIRM BY RIGHT CLICKING ON THE DRIVE LETTER WHERE CARD IS LOCATED.
WINDOWS EXPLORER FORMAT MIGHT NOT HAVE THE OPTION TO DO THIS.
AT THE MS-DOS COMMAND PROMPT(FOUND UNDER ACCESSORIES)
TYPE IN, WITHOUT THE QUOTES,CHANGING THE DRIVE LETTER AS REQUIRED: "FORMAT E: /FS:FAT /A:64K", THEN PRESS ENTER TO EXECUTE COMMAND.
THE FORMATTING PROGRESS SHOULD BE INDICATED WITH AN INCREASING PERCENTAGE UNTIL DONE.
IF THE PC PROMPTS TO CONTINUE WITH FORMATTING, TYPE IN "Y".