Running Maps From SD Card

OK got Primo 2.4 running from a Binatone U605. I am close to full with just West Europe maps but want East as well and looking to run the contents from the SD card. This is what i am using for my Hudle2 tablet and more or less the same for a Galaxy S5 but i was kind of hoping windows CE6 would be almost the same

[folders]
has_secondary_root=1
addons="/storage/sdcard1/addons"
android_secondary_root_path="/storage/sdcard1/addons"

What i was doing is changing sdcard1 to SDMMC and storage to MobileNavigator and i blocked like three with ;

Can anyone point me in the right direction of what to change in sys.txt as search comes up with 1000's of hits and i cant see anything resembling what i am after

Cheers

I assume this is a WinCE operating system?
If so, make a folder "content" in the root of your SD card and in this folder make subfolders "map" "poi" etc exactly like in the device memory all without quotation marks.

This way the ONLY thing you need in sys.txt is

[folders]
has_secondary_root=1

good luck

Oh how i hate Microsoft. Yes k1w1_123 WineCE6, thought i said

Went back to Windows from linux just to get this all running then during the night a huge update. Now active sync wont work and Mobile Device Centre wont open either. Did the uninstall re install thing with no joy. AHHHH

Thanks k1w1_123 i shall try this later.

Never worked But i did get Mobile Device Centre working :D

lostboy2 wrote:Never worked But i did get Mobile Device Centre working :D

Try editing your sys.txt to include this:

[folders]
has_secondary_root=0
sdcardpath="\Storage Card\IGO8"
maps="..\..\IGO8\content\map"
dem="..\..\IGO8\content\dem"
buildings="..\..\IGO8\content\building"
poi="..\..\IGO8\content\poi"

Of course make the necessary changes in above and add the content folders. This is from my old WinCE MIO c320.

I guess I should have mentioned that the method I proposed lets you have content split between internal and external memory, for instance I have my home country's maps etc in internal memory of my device and other places I visit in SDCard. Just means its easier to pop the card out of my device to add a map if I'm going somewhere new. When it works it also means you don't need to know the system name of your SDCard.

A couple of comments about the method offered by chas521...

[folders]
has_secondary_root=0
sdcardpath="\Storage Card\IGO8" Assumes content is in a folder named IGO8 in the root of the SDCard, amend as necessary.
maps="..\..\IGO8\content\map"
dem="..\..\IGO8\content\dem"
buildings="..\..\IGO8\content\building"
poi="..\..\IGO8\content\poi"

This wont work, must be set to =1
Assumes the system name of your SDCard is "Storage Card", if this doesn't work try SDMMC - these two are the most common.
Assumes content is in a folder named IGO8 in the root of the SDCard, amend as necessary.
Also I'm not certain whether the folder names are case-sensitive but it would be advisable to match the case just in case.

Don't give up, the answer is here somewhere

I suggest you try what I posted. It worked for me. I also suggest that my post be reread as I talk about making edits and modifications. My post was only the template.

chas521 wrote:I suggest you try what I posted. It worked for me. I also suggest that my post be reread as I talk about making edits and modifications. My post was only the template.

I realise its a template mate and yes i am SDMMC. I have chopped and changed a few things with no joy and did it as you have it with my SD name with no joy. I have just a folder with content/Map etc but i notice you have your in iGO8/content/map etc. Just thinking as i type this would this be the issue, my content folder needs to be inside another, say primo/content/maps etc.

Yes! Try everything as you posted and as I posted. Just look please that the slashes are \ and not /. May not mean anything but whatever.

OK quick update. Got it. I had to put contents an another folder and name this primo. Never mucked about with upper and lower case to that one is still unanswered. Nailed it with this in [folders] sections

[folders]
has_secondary_root=1
sdcardpath="\SDMMC\primo"
maps="..\..\primo\content\map"
...........................................

dem="..\..\IGO8\content\dem"
buildings="..\..\IGO8\content\building"
poi="..\..\IGO8\content\poi"

Obviously just maps is working just now but i shall change the rest and add poi, buildings etc when i get more time. Cheers guys much appreciated

Nice that it is working.

I read somewhere

It depends on the iGo version, but I think you
can also place a content folder on SD card in a folder "iGo" (not iGo8 or iGo83 oid) and also
this content folder looked without a reference in sys.txt.
This method was first applied to the latest version of Miomap v3.3, when you were in a Miomap folder
could also place maps and kml poi on SD without a reference in sys.txt.
Miomap just took what he needed.

So I tried it and it works for me

I made on an SD Card the folder IGo (primo)
In Igo the folder content and in the folder content map.
Then it works on my device with nothing in the sys.txt
Igo\content\map.