MCTool 0.15 released - scandisk/fatsort for NDS

[SukkoPera]

My first NDS homebrew application has just been released. It's a collection of utilities useful for the maintenance of the media card you are using with your flashcart.

At the moment of this first release, two utilities are included:
- The first one checks, and optionally fixes, any errors found in the filesystem of your media card. This is basically the same thing that you do under Windows when you run "Scandisk", but it saves you the hassle of having to turn on your computer, remove your card, connect it to the PC, etc...
- The second utility will be mainly useful for users of Supercard family flashcarts. Such carts show ROMs and programs sorted by date. Many users (including me) prefer to have them sorted alphabetically, which is exactly what this utility does.

Please report any comments/bugs/appreciations :).

Disclaimer:
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS PROGRAM MESSES WITH THE FILESYSTEM OF YOUR MEDIA CARD, WHICH MIGHT RESULT IN A DATA LOSS. THEREFORE, BEFORE USING IT, ALWAYS MAKE A BACKUP OF ANY IMPORTANT DATA.

Downloads:
- Binaries (http://www.sukkology.net/software/nds/mctool-0.15.zip)
- Source (http://www.sukkology.net/software/nds/mctool-0.15-src.zip)

The program uses a hacked version of Chishm's libfat to allow for raw I/O:
- Source (http://www.sukkology.net/software/nds/libblockdev-src-20070108.tar.bz2)
- NDS binaries (http://www.sukkology.net/software/nds/libblockdev-nds-20070108.tar.bz2)
- GBA binaries (untested) (http://www.sukkology.net/software/nds/libblockdev-gba-20070108.tar.bz2)

[Xcliber]

very nice app!
keep up the good work
looking forward to more features/releases

i would suggest adding disk defragmenter

[SukkoPera]

I'm sorry but a defragmenter would definitely be too had to implement, and I don't think there is any free source for that, already.

I'm glad you like the program anyway!

[canvasch]

tagged for later.. aphabetical sorting you say, do go on :D
i'll try it out when i get home from work

[DanTheManMS]

It's very handy canvasch. I'd highly recommend checking it out. I had some troubles with the program at first, but they've been ironed out now.

[anomalous_underdog]

I'm sorry but a defragmenter would definitely be too had to implement, and I don't think there is any free source for that, already.


surprise!

http://ultradefrag.sourceforge.net/index.html

its licensed under GPL, and yeah, it can do FAT filesystems. they say its even faster than the one that comes default in windows.

i'm not holding my breath though, I'm pretty sure porting it for DS homebrew will be difficult.

[DanTheManMS]

Defragging an SD card is a bad idea anyway, due to the limited number of reads and writes that SD media has. A better idea would be to copy everything off the cart, format it, and copy everything back.