so let's recap:
- insert CF card in ide adapter on XP machine, directly in IDE port. boot xp.
- insert USB key with the cfcard tools from this thread
- open cmd prompt and go to usb key
- run listphys.exe to see which physical id the CF card is
- run ataid -p # > output.txt (where # is the number giving at previous step)
- shutdown xp machine. Take Cf card out of IDE adapter and insert it in USB cf card reader on Windows 10 machine (these were my steps but I could have simply run the following on the xp machine!)
- take usb key from xp to windows 10 machine as well. check your output.txt for this line: "sector : 0x3131" This is the only thing you need for the next step.
- run gcfi -r -s 0x3131 -d g:\ -l ABC.BIN -g Wangan_Midnight_Maximum_Tune_2B_EXP_512.bin
if have error message about wiping, run
- gcfi -W -r -s 0x3131 -d g:\ -l ABC.BIN -g Wangan_Midnight_Maximum_Tune_2B_EXP_512.bin
- eject card, reinsert, format as FAT, rerun run gcfi -r -s 0x3131 -d g:\ -l ABC.BIN -g Wangan_Midnight_Maximum_Tune_2B_EXP_512.bin
- eject it all, plug card back into ide adapter and into chihiro with jumper 9 set to 1-2 (as opposed to 2-3 for netboot) , boot and:
Thus confirming that indeed the max size of the card appears to be 2GB!