Cobra ODE User Manual v2.0
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2.3
USB mass storage preparation
The Cobra ODE supports reading files from the vast majority of USB HDD's and USB pen
drives available in the market.
Kindly follow the instructions and notes below for setting up USB storage devices for use
with the Cobra ODE.
2.3.1
Instructions and notes
·
Your USB pen drive or USB HDD must be formatted with either NTFS 4k (4096
allocation unit size) or FAT32 file system: If formatting the NTFS partition, make sure
the cluster size (named "Allocation unit size" in Windows's format tool) is a multiple of
2048 bytes. This means that 512 byte and 1024 byte cluster sizes will not work, but
2048 byte and 4096 byte will work. We recommend you use 4096 bytes which should
be the default and recommended setting that Windows will use for drives with a
capacity lower than 16 TB.
·
Should you decide to use FAT32, then this must be the first partition on the drive and
the subsequent partition may be NTFS.
·
The first NTFS partition found will be the partition recognized by the ODE.
·
When an HDD has both FAT32 and NTFS partitions, then the FAT32 partition will be
ignored by the ODE.
·
The partition should contain a COBRA directory containing the "cobra.db" file (the .db
database file can be downloaded from the cobra-ode.com “Downloads” section) and a
game manager iso with the filename "manager.iso" and for the
Cobra Browser
feature, a iso with the filename 'browser.iso.
·
The COBRA manager iso can also be substituted by any other manager which
incorporates support for our board (instructions for enabling Cobra ODE in other
managers is provided at the end of this document)
·
PS3 games must be placed in a directory named "
PS3_GAMES
" in the root of the
partition.
·
PS2 games must be placed in a directory named "
PS2_GAMES
" in the root of the
partition.
