Hi Roger,

the above boot info was taken after loading the car2-developer-v2.01-final.upgrade on to the player, it boots OK up to the pump prompt, then just hangs instead of automatically continuing on to the developer prompt where you can issue play commands or get to the bash shell.

I hooked up the original 10GB drive to the same connector (I hadn't erased anything on the original drive) and it boots right through and plays songs OK, so the cable appears to be fine, which is what I assumed considering I was able to partition the new drive.

If I can't get it to boot far enough to get a prompt up to format the new drive, I guess I will have to try hooking the new drive up to a PC via an adaptor and formatting it via Knoppix or something, would that work?

Thanks.