What USB flash drives work with atvusb-creator?
The following information has been compiled from my review of multiple discussion forums (including this one) where individuals have reported success or failures with different USB flash drives. Not all USB flash drives work for making modifications on the Apple TV.
USB drives have been reported to fail in a number of different ways:
1) USB Drives cannot be repartitioned or reformatted as needed
2) The Apple TV will not boot from the USB drive
3) The Apple TV boots from the USB drive but fails during the install process
Many modern USB flash drives are shipping with pre-installed software/partitioning configuration known as a "U3 Smart Drive". Such USB drives present themselves as two drives; a read only CD-Rom drive and a regular read/write removable drive. This software/partitioning scheme needs to be removed before using the USB flash with the Apple TV. Removal tools for U3 software can be found at:
Mac OS-X tools
http://communities.sandisk.com/sandisk/ ... ad.id=1066
Windows Tools
http://www.u3.com/uninstall/final.aspx
This table includes reports up through October 2008
Manufacturer Model Model Number Size Results Report Date
Apacer 512 MB Works Oct-08
Apida 512 MB boot, no install Oct-08
Ativa FlipTop 4 GB Works Oct-08
Centrios 512 MB Works Oct-08
Corsair Flash Voyager 2 GB Works Oct-08
Corsair Flash Voyager 2 GB Works Oct-08
Corsair Flash Voyager 8 GB Works Oct-08
Corsair Flash Voyager 4 GB Works Oct-08
Freecom Data Bar 1 GB Works Oct-08
HP P-FD4GB-HPV100W-FS 4 GB Works Oct-08
Kingston DataTraveler 2 GB Failed Oct-08
Kingston TravelDrive 2 GB Failed Oct-08
Kingston DataTraveler 2 GB No Boot Oct-08
Kingston DataTraveler 4 GB No Boot Oct-08
Kingston DataTraveler 1 GB Works Oct-08
Kingston DataTraveler 110 2 GB Works Oct-08
Kingston DataTraveler DT100 1 GB No Boot Oct-08
Kingston DataTraveler 1 GB Works Oct-08
Kingston DataTraveler 1 GB Works Oct-08
Memorex Travel Drive 1 GB Works Oct-08
Memorex TravelDrive (Capless) 1 GB Works Oct-08
Memorex Mini TravelDrive 3250-9359 512 MB Works Oct-08
Memorex Traveldrive 512 MB Works Oct-08
Patriot Signature 4 GB Works Oct-08
PNY Mini Attache 2 GB Works Oct-08
PNY Attache 2 GB Works Oct-08
PNY Attache 4 GB Works Oct-08
PNY Attache 512 MB Works Oct-08
PQI Intelligent Drive i810 2 GB Works Oct-08
Rallye 8 GB Failed Oct-08
Rundisk 2 GB Works Oct-08
SanDisk Cruzer Micro SDCZ4-512 512 MB boot, no install Oct-08
SanDisk Gator SDCZP-4096 4 GB Works Oct-08
Scandisk Cruzer Micro SDCZ6-2048-A11 2 GB Failed Oct-08
Scandisk Cruzer 1 GB Works Oct-08
Scandisk Cruzer Titanium 4 GB Works Oct-08
Scandisk Cruser Micro 1 GB Works Oct-08
Scandisk Titanium SDC27-2049 2 GB Works Oct-08
Sony MicroVault Click 1 GB Works Oct-08
Transcend 512 MB Failed Oct-08
Transcend JF V30 1 GB Works Oct-08
Transcend JetFlash V30 2 GB Works Oct-08
Transcend JF V30 2 GB Works Oct-08
Charles