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I have a 2GB memory card but when I look at the memory card info on my hero it says I only have 0.89 GB left.. what is the deal?
Have you installed any apps, music, ringtones, taken pictures, etc? Or is this a freshly formatted card?
Ive reformatted and Id say about 325 mb worth of pics n vids
no roms or nothing else on it
When you mount the card how much total space does it show? If it is less than 1.89 GB then you need to repartition the card. If you are using Apps2sd, then that partition is using however much space you allocated to it (probably 512mb).
If it is simply a case of **** being on the card you don't know about, then do this:
1- backup your card to a computer
2- format the card
3- verify the full capacity is now available on the card
4- move back whatever pics, music, app folders, etc. that you want.
Aps2ds? If you have formated with an EXT or SWAP partition it will only show whats on the FAT partition.
I just repartioned it just set everything to zero
now I have 1.89 GB left, thank you all can a mod please delete this thread
So I got myself a class 10 MicroSD from newegg from the company called Patriot (reviews for all their products say its a good company)
NewEgg page with item
In any case I figured 99$ isnt too bad. So I got the memory card today and sure enough computer has no issues reading it.Speeds are great and no bad reads or writes
So Im trying to set it up with ext3 etc and nothing seems to be working. So in any case I reformatted everything to fat32 on my PC and the phone isn't even detecting the memory card.
I was under the impression 32GB microsd should be ok. I hope this isnt a compatibility issue. Anyone else have thoughts in this?
Tried partition magic, default disk management application on xp also tried MiniTool Partition Wizard and no luck. At this point I just want the phone to detect the memory card to I can format it from the phone and then do the ext3 either from CW or Amon
Anyone? Is changing the drive letter on a computer going to change anything?
I heard that FAT32 does not support 32GB partition very well.. also some card readers have problem with reading a 32GB shdc card.
Try to make a 10GB Fat32 partition on your SD card and leave remaining space free, see if your phone can use it.
houzuoguo said:
I heard that FAT32 does not support 32GB partition very well.. also some card readers have problem with reading a 32GB shdc card.
Try to make a 10GB Fat32 partition on your SD card and leave remaining space free, see if your phone can use it.
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Thanks ill give it a try but no point in a 32gig card if cant use most of it on the phone. Dont need most of the card as ext3 lol
Working fine here. I used Acronis True Image to clone the card the first go around, but didn't like how it setup the card. Then used Acronis Disk Director to reconfigure a 31gb FAT & 1gb ext3. You can use Amon_RA Recovery to setup the card too. I did do that too, but I already have Disk Director to give me the gui view of what's going on.
Cannot get EXT3 partition to work on Desire
I'm also having issues getting the ext3 partition of the Kingston 32GB micro sdhc card to work with my desire.
I used GParted to create a large fat32 partition and also created a 1GB ext3 partition, but when i reboot the handset i get an error meesage on the desire telling me that the sd card is damaged and that i need to format. When i go back into GParted the FAT32 partition looks healthy but ext3 partition comes up as unallocated.
This method has worked fine with an 2 and 8GB micro sd but it seems to have issues when using the 32GB.
I've also tried using rom manager to create a 512MB ext3 partition but that just causes the phone to sit on on the boot up screen.
If anyone is experiencing the same/similar problem, please let me know how you tackled it.
Try to use Amon_RA's recovery and reformat your SD card with it.
Gparted seems to be the best tool to use.
Hi,
Same problem with a Patriot MicroSD 32GB Class10.
Attempt to partition MicroSD with :
-Gparted
-Minitool Partition Wizard Home
-CWM (HD2)
Partitions are always destroyed or strange modified so Android can't read FAT32 partition.
No problems with a Sandisk 32GB Class 2.
Ok i worked out what this issue was.
Unfortunantly i've purchased a counterfeit Kingston MicroSD.
Kingston confirmed that it was a fake after i send them pics so that explains everything.
Thanks for the feedback guys.
The reviews seem mixed on the Patriot
I like sdformatter--thorough job--make sure settings are as recommended
Hi, i used win32diskimager to burn my 16 gig microsd card. Now it reads 300 mb and even when i reformat it, it won't go back to the 16gb. I was wondering how i can fix this and get my sd card back to it's real size
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Hi, i used win32diskimager to burn my 16 gig microsd card. Now it reads 300 mb and even when i reformat it, it won't go back to the 16gb. I was wondering how i can fix this and get my sd card back to it's real size
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use easeus partition master.
ShutterPeep said:
use easeus partition master.
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Well, yes. Specifically, use EASEUS to delete all partitions except the storage partition (the largest) then drag that partition to fill all the unallocated space. Windows only recognizes the first partition on any flash storage.
If you are running off SD card - and left the stock NC in tact on the EMMC - you can use settings to reformat your card. It'll have a couple folders you will have to delete afterwards - but it should free up the memory to original state.
mastermind1234321 said:
Hi, i used win32diskimager to burn my 16 gig microsd card. Now it reads 300 mb and even when i reformat it, it won't go back to the 16gb. I was wondering how i can fix this and get my sd card back to it's real size
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If you are doing this in Windows you probably will have to go to Disk Management and delete the first partition and then format.
Right click "My Computer"
Select "Manage"
Select "Disk Management" (you need Administrative privileges)
Be very careful to pick the correct drive letter!
Right click the area where the drive letter appears and select "Delete partition"
Create a new primary partition and format
What I did to restore my micro SD card completely to a formatted state was put it in a SD adapter and put it in my digital camera and formatted the card. It removed all partitions and files. Works everytime.
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SD card 16 go to 74mo partition
Taosaur said:
Well, yes. Specifically, use EASEUS to delete all partitions except the storage partition (the largest) then drag that partition to fill all the unallocated space. Windows only recognizes the first partition on any flash storage.
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You made my day ! Thanks for this information! After set up debian for arm on my 16 go sd card I just had a 74mo partition I got my full space back with your advice thanks
I am using this card for Raspberry Pi and I set up debian for arm with Win32DiskImager. It is at this moment the problem happened
The simpler solution now is probably to use SD Formatter for Windows. It should wipe all partitions and get you back to a 'default' state.
Use SD Formatter
Another simple way is to look for a program called SD Formatter (free) on the internet.
and format the SD card (make sure it is correct drive letter) using NOT the default setting but i believe it is a pulldown call (erase all zeros)
Great program, if you play with SD cards you should get it.
Everett1954
Not Enough Disk Space Error using Win32diskmanager
I have been working at this for hours and can't seem to figure it out.......I have an 8 gb empty (formatted fat32) micro sd which I am trying to write the clockworkmod 8gb file using win32diskimager. Every time I try to write it I get an Error Message "Not Enough Disk Space".......does anyone know what I should do??
djfury said:
I have been working at this for hours and can't seem to figure it out.......I have an 8 gb empty (formatted fat32) micro sd which I am trying to write the clockworkmod 8gb file using win32diskimager. Every time I try to write it I get an Error Message "Not Enough Disk Space".......does anyone know what I should do??
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Just find and write a smaller image file to the card. Then use a partition manager program like Mini-Tool Partition Wizard (free) to expand the partition to fill the card. I have 200MB version in my tips thread linked in my signature. It has CWM 5.5.0.4 on it.
Use the 4 GB CWM image... then use minitools partition manager or eausus to resize to full capacity.
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Use the 4 GB CWM image... then use minitools partition manager or eausus to resize to full capacity.
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First time to post. Hope I'm in the right thread. Have read many of the threads here regarding Nook Color, CM7, CM9 et al. I really enjoy learning from all the information posted. I currently have an unrooted NC running CM9 on a micro SD and love it.
My problem: like djfury, I have tried to write an image file of a given size - in my case 16GB - to a new 16GB microSD card and always get a message that the file is too large for the card. What I have done is to make an image of my current CM9 installation on the microSD card using win32diskimager. Then I try to write that image to a new 16GB microSD card. But, alas, the image is suddenly to large for the card.
I want to keep this exact same image as it contains various apps and data that I have installed to my CM9 card.
Is there any way to "resize" the created image to make it about 2MB smaller so it will fit on the card?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
madavis77 said:
First time to post. Hope I'm in the right thread. Have read many of the threads here regarding Nook Color, CM7, CM9 et al. I really enjoy learning from all the information posted. I currently have an unrooted NC running CM9 on a micro SD and love it.
My problem: like djfury, I have tried to write an image file of a given size - in my case 16GB - to a new 16GB microSD card and always get a message that the file is too large for the card. What I have done is to make an image of my current CM9 installation on the microSD card using win32diskimager. Then I try to write that image to a new 16GB microSD card. But, alas, the image is suddenly to large for the card.
I want to keep this exact same image as it contains various apps and data that I have installed to my CM9 card.
Is there any way to "resize" the created image to make it about 2MB smaller so it will fit on the card?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Yes, use a partition software program like Mini-Tool Partition Wizard to make your partition 4 a little smaller (take it off the end). Then use win32diskimager to make an image of the card. Then burn that to your new card.
Sent from my Nook Color running ParanoidAndroid and Tapatalk
I'm a little concerned about what version number of CWM people are getting in these size-specific images. Anything earlier than 3.2.0.1 (the last stable release) has a good chance of causing you problems down the road, depending on what you try to do with it, and I'm not aware of any 3.2.0.1 images bouncing around except for eyeballer's 1GB image over here (quoted text near the top).
Leapinlar's 5.5.x.x image should be fine, too, but if you have 3.0.2.8 or earlier it can be finicky about dealing with the partition tables on NCs released after July 2011 or NCs with modified partitions, which can result in boot loops and other shenanigans.
As detailed earlier in the thread, you can expand the partitions from the smaller images later if you want to continue using the card for backups, or if you're just using it one time to root or flash something, you don't need the space anyway.
Another thing that causes confusion and issues is manufacturer's selection of how to report size... some use the 1024 standard... some use the 1000 standard... If you read from a 16 GB card using the 1024 standard and try to write it to a 16 GB card using the 1000 standard... it will be approx 16 MB too large...
That being said... you are best if you can resize the last partition on a card approx 20 MB (to be safe) make the image... then write image to a new card and resize the last partition to consume the remainder of the card.
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Another thing that causes confusion and issues is manufacturer's selection of how to report size... some use the 1024 standard... some use the 1000 standard... If you read from a 16 GB card using the 1024 standard and try to write it to a 16 GB card using the 1000 standard... it will be approx 16 MB too large...
That being said... you are best if you can resize the last partition on a card approx 20 MB (to be safe) make the image... then write image to a new card and resize the last partition to consume the remainder of the card.
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Sorry about the delay in offering thanks to those who replied. THANKS.
I also found the best solution for me was to use Mini Tool Partition Wizard and the Copy Disk Wizard. This process took a mirror image of my micro SD card then allowed me to write it ot a larger or smaller card. In my case from a 16GB to another 16GB, then from the 16GB to a 32GB. The last partition was automatically resized to fit the selected card size.
I'm happy now and can use one card for experimentation and still have a backup for restore purposes.
Thanks again for the advice offered.
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DizzyDen said:
Another thing that causes confusion and issues is manufacturer's selection of how to report size... some use the 1024 standard... some use the 1000 standard... If you read from a 16 GB card using the 1024 standard and try to write it to a 16 GB card using the 1000 standard... it will be approx 16 MB too large...
That being said... you are best if you can resize the last partition on a card approx 20 MB (to be safe) make the image... then write image to a new card and resize the last partition to consume the remainder of the card.
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Sorry about the delay in offering thanks to those who replied. THANKS.
I also found the best solution for me was to use Mini Tool Partition Wizard and the Copy Disk Wizard. This process took a mirror image of my micro SD card then allowed me to write it ot a larger or smaller card. In my case from a 16GB to another 16GB, then from the 16GB to a 32GB. The last partition was automatically resized to fit the selected card size.
I'm happy now and can use one card for experimentation and still have a backup for restore purposes.
Thanks again for the advice offered.
Hi,
I just got myself a Nook Color with version 1.2 update and I am planning to root the device from a microSD Card with CM7 or Honeycomb. But before I start, I have two basic queries:
1. Which rooting will give a better and stable web browsing experience - CM7 (Gingerbread) or Honeycomb
2. Can I store and view my personal files (e.g, movies) from the microSD Card which will boot my Nook Color with CM7/Honeycomb? I am very concerned about this, as the Nook Color v1.2 comes with only 1 GB of free space for personal files storage and so I need to store my movies in mircoSD card. At the same time, I don't want to change the stock software thus violating warranty, so I have to root using a microSD card.
I am very new to this, so will appreciate your response very much. Thanks in advance.
Dazed378 said:
Hi,
I just got myself a Nook Color with version 1.2 update and I am planning to root the device from a microSD Card with CM7 or Honeycomb. But before I start, I have two basic queries:
1. Which rooting will give a better and stable web browsing experience - CM7 (Gingerbread) or Honeycomb
2. Can I store and view my personal files (e.g, movies) from the microSD Card which will boot my Nook Color with CM7/Honeycomb? I am very concerned about this, as the Nook Color v1.2 comes with only 1 GB of free space for personal files storage and so I need to store my movies in mircoSD card. At the same time, I don't want to change the stock software thus violating warranty, so I have to root using a microSD card.
I am very new to this, so will appreciate your response very much. Thanks in advance.
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1. Without a doubt cm7. Honeycomb will unfortunately be forever buggy.
2. Yes you can use the left over storage on your SD card for files, music, videos, app etc.
And FYI you can root the internal memory and if you need to return for warranty then you can just return to stock and b&n will not know a thing but if you are going to run off the SD card make sure that it is a sandisk.
Sent from my NookColor using Tapatalk
The thing to remember if you want to access the 4th partitiion for storage is that you have to do it while the SD is in the NC. Win xp will only see the first partition which has only about 155 megs.
Thanks a ton! I have few more quick questions.
1. What is the most stable CM7 version for rooting 1.2 version Nook Color as of today?
2. Will the rooted nook be able to play AVI video files? What app I need to download for that?
3. I found that PDF page load is very slow in my Nook Color. What app do you suggest for a good reading experience?
Once again, thanks in anticipation.
1. 7.0.3 is the latest stable version of CM7, however, most people keeps up-to-day with nightly builds.
2. it should, if not, install Rock Player Lite, it plays virtually everthing
3. Either Adobe Reader or Alkido would do the job
Not able to copy files to uSD card which boots CM7
Hey thanks for your all your support. I was able to install CM7.0.3 on my 1 GB uSD card and also installed Adobe Reader and Moboplayer. Everything works fine, except when I connect my NC to my PC, and then turn on USB Mass Storage on NC, I can only explore my Nook Color (showing as F: drive) to copy files. I cannot open/explore my SD card, though the PC shows the uSD card as "Removable Disk (E. When I try open this E: drive, I get the message "Please insert a disk in E: drive".
Also, my NC does not seem to identify the SD card. When I go to Settings -> Storage, it shows total space unavailable under SD card. Even when I open Moboplayer, I get the message "There is no SD card, make sure it is usable". I could only play videos copied to my NC internal memory.
I was told that I can use the leftover space of the uSD card to copy personal files, but I have no success on that front yet :-(. Any idea/suggestions how to fix this issue?
More information:
In my NC Storage Settings, it shows:
1. SD card: Total space unavailable, Available space unavailable.
2. Internal storage: Total space 525 MB, Available space 449 MB
3. Additional storage (emmc): Total space 1 GB, Available space 63.51 MB
Wondering what is 2nd one (Internal storage)? Is that the data partition of my SD card? If yes, how can I copy personal files there?
Did you say you are using a 1GB uSD? IMO, that's way too small for what you want to do. I would recommend either a 4 or 8GB sandisk card to allow you enough space for files and the OS. Remember that this is also your boot disk and the cm7 files are taking up most of the available space on a 1GB card. Just sayin......
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I have ordered for a 16 GB class 4 SanDisk uSD card. I had a 1 GB uSD card at hand, so wanted to test with that first before I receive the 16 GB card. And as I said, I had no prob at all installing CM7.0.3 on the 1 GB card and if I am not wrong the card still has hunderds of MB memory free. My question is why can't I explore the SD card when I connect my NC to PC thru' the USB cable?
Dazed378 said:
I have ordered for a 16 GB class 4 SanDisk uSD card. I had a 1 GB uSD card at hand, so wanted to test with that first before I receive the 16 GB card. And as I said, I had no prob at all installing CM7.0.3 on the 1 GB card and if I am not wrong the card still has hunderds of MB memory free. My question is why can't I explore the SD card when I connect my NC to PC thru' the USB cable?
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I don't recall the specific partition sizing of SASD but I would suspect there is no space available on the uSD after SASD creates the first 3 partitions... thus no partition 4 to be mounted as /sdcard.
Ok, thanks. As a mentioned in couple of posts back, any idea what is the "Internal Storage" of 525 MB total space that shows up in my storage settings? It is different from the emmc storage, because that shows up as the third storage option with 1 GB total space.
Ok - just found this thread and had to ask:
I'm running a stock 1.3 on the eMMC, and CM7.1 on a 16G micro-SD.
When I boot into the stock ROM, I see that my SD is mounted, but that the stock ROM mounted the /boot partition, rather than the /SD Card partition.
Is there a way to set the stock rom to boot /SD Card, or hide the other three from it?
Thanks!
traumadog said:
Ok - just found this thread and had to ask:
I'm running a stock 1.3 on the eMMC, and CM7.1 on a 16G micro-SD.
When I boot into the stock ROM, I see that my SD is mounted, but that the stock ROM mounted the /boot partition, rather than the /SD Card partition.
Is there a way to set the stock rom to boot /SD Card, or hide the other three from it?
Thanks!
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To my knowledge, no, you cannot make the stock OS see any but the boot partition of the SD card. Both stock and your CM7 card can access eMMC storage, but stock can only see the first partition of your card. If you want a stock and a CM7 installation to share one /sdcard partition, you will have to set up a dual boot on internal storage (mine is linked in my sig).
If you just want to have some SD storage available to your stock install, you might be able to stretch the card's /boot partition and store some files in there, but I don't know if your SD install would remain stable. You could always back up your card as a disk image and try it out.
Taosaur said:
To my knowledge, no, you cannot make the stock OS see any but the boot partition of the SD card. Both stock and your CM7 card can access eMMC storage, but stock can only see the first partition of your card. If you want a stock and a CM7 installation to share one /sdcard partition, you will have to set up a dual boot on internal storage (mine is linked in my sig).
If you just want to have some SD storage available to your stock install, you might be able to stretch the card's /boot partition and store some files in there, but I don't know if your SD install would remain stable. You could always back up your card as a disk image and try it out.
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I would also like to know the answer for how to make the /boot partition larger on various images to allow sufficient room when booted from eMMC. I tried doing this with EASEUS Partition Master but it will not let me resize the boot partition. Any other options to solve the issue? The only other options is to swap cards when you know you are booting off eMMC and that is a pain.
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I would also like to know the answer for how to make the /boot partition larger on various images to allow sufficient room when booted from eMMC. I tried doing this with EASEUS Partition Master but it will not let me resize the boot partition. Any other options to solve the issue? The only other options is to swap cards when you know you are booting off eMMC and that is a pain.
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What are you trying to accomplish?
What is your running system?
Why do you want to expand the boot partition?
votinh said:
What are you trying to accomplish?
What is your running system?
Why do you want to expand the boot partition?
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Sorry, I guess that I could have been more clear in what I am trying to do. I have a rooted nook color 1.1. I burned the image for the dualboot phiremod/Honeycomb that is approximately 3.5 Gb. I burned it to an 8 Gb card and then expanded the 7th (/sdcard) partition to use the space which is available when booted to phiremod. When I boot (with the card installed) to eMMC via J4mm3r's u-boot menu, my rooted 1.1 comes up but sees the /boot partition as the SD card. Since it is the /boot partition, it only has 80 Mb free which is not enough for Titanium Backup, etc. If I could make the /boot partition larger (say 2 Gb) then everything would work as desired.
1. I don't use dual boot option so can't help you
2. I don't use either Phiremod nor Honeycomb so can't help you but
a. I think the NC should still the left-over of the uSD card. if not
b. Try using MiniTool Partition wizard to expand the boot partition and see what happens. Not so sure if it allowed to do so.
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Sorry, I guess that I could have been more clear in what I am trying to do. I have a rooted nook color 1.1. I burned the image for the dualboot phiremod/Honeycomb that is approximately 3.5 Gb. I burned it to an 8 Gb card and then expanded the 7th (/sdcard) partition to use the space which is available when booted to phiremod. When I boot (with the card installed) to eMMC via J4mm3r's u-boot menu, my rooted 1.1 comes up but sees the /boot partition as the SD card. Since it is the /boot partition, it only has 80 Mb free which is not enough for Titanium Backup, etc. If I could make the /boot partition larger (say 2 Gb) then everything would work as desired.
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Mmm, I think you maybe just need to make up your mind, or deal with the limitations--have your cake or eat it, because you can't do both. That said, I see no reason EASEUS wouldn't let you expand the boot partition, unless there's just no unallocated space, in which case you need to shrink your storage partition first. I don't know whether your card would boot properly with an expanded boot and random files in there, but you should be able to move the partitions around just fine.
Still, your better bet is to decide what's going to be your primary OS and stick with it. You can even dual-boot from eMMC and have two full OSes, but as long as you're using the SD as a boot drive, you're going to be trading off its ability to serve as storage for your interal OS.
Edit: sorry, didn't realize how old the thread was...was trying to find my info with the forum search. ^^;
In the original post the user asked if you could use the microSD for both booting/rooting and for storage -- when I tried this, I got a "SD Card must be formatted" error in my rooted Nook. I let it rty to format the card (then let Windows format it) and -then- I was able to store on the SD card.
But when I rebooted my Nook Color, it got stuck Infinite-looping the Nook Color splash screen. =\
I'm about to root it again, and I'd like to use the same SD card I use to root to have some storage space on it. I (had) a 4GB microSD card, but because the slot is in the worst place it could possibly be on the device...I've already managed to get it wedged inside the casing. =\ The drive still works but I'd rather not have to worry abotu swapping cards in and out and in and out; maybe I have fatter fingers than It hink, but that SD card slot is a pain in my arse.
What did I do wrong my first go 'round? I had a 4GB card, so I used the 4GB CWM image for it. Is it...really simple, and I need to format it into two partitions in windows; set 1GB aside for the CWM boot disc and the other 3GB would be available for file storage?
1. use SD formatter
2. if you used a 4GB CWM image, did you manually update it to the latest build? If not, just grab the 1GB image in the quote at the top of this thread: updated CWM. If you're planning to wipe it right after, it doesn't matter how big it is.
Also, regarding the OP and my response, I later found this link I'd saved about pointing stock to the storage partition of a CM7 SASD card: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13668471&postcount=529
I haven't tried it or seen anyone report back after trying it, but there it is if anyone wants to give it a go.
When formatting a new 32gb micro SD card to be used on the NC, what would be considered optimal, as far as file system and allocation unit size is concerned ?
Are you going to put cyanogenMod on the external memory card or just use it for storage? If you are just going to use the card for storage there is not a need to partition it.
If you are though you can use the program on windows OS called "WinImage" that will partition the card automaticly to the right partition size for your boot files. Check this link here on how its done. There is also included youtube links and other information in this thread too to get you started. http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/30462-cant-root-my-new-nook/
You can also do this on linux here. http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/30462-cant-root-my-new-nook/
Just Remember to select the whole Card in linux and not just the partition table when you get started.
If its all storage, then FAT32 and default allocation units.