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Re: 16GB miniSD issue!!! HELP!

woody14619,

Thanks for the reply, I will try right away and post back on the results.

Re: 16GB miniSD issue!!! HELP!

Quote:

Originally Posted by woody14619 (Post 733186)

Try this, in a root terminal (this will format the card!). you should be able to cut/paste it right into a root terminal. (Be sure you're root first, via root or gainroot!)

Code:

sfdisk /dev/mmcblk1 <<EOF

,,c

EOF

sync

mkfs.vfat /dev/mmcblk1p1

sfdisk -d /dev/mmcblk1

That should show you've created a new partition, and formatted it to vfat.

Before I continue this is what I got so far. I stopped after the 3rd line "EOF". This what showed up and I wanted to know is it safe to continue?

Code:

/home/user # sfdisk /dev/mmcblk1 <<EOF

> ,,c

> EOF

Checking that no-one is using this disk right now ...

BLKRRPART: Device or resource busy



This disk is currently in use - repartitioning is probably a bad idea.

Umount all file systems, and swapoff all swap partitions on this disk.

Use the --no-reread flag to suppress this check.

Use the --force flag to overrule all checks.

/home/user #

Now what?

Re: 16GB miniSD issue!!! HELP!

Quote:

Originally Posted by HeavyComponent (Post 733249)

Before I continue this is what I got so far. I stopped after the 3rd line "EOF". This what showed up and I wanted to know is it safe to continue?

So it's mounted? That's really odd...

Try this (and again, be sure you are root!)

Code:

root

umount /dev/mmcblk1

That should unmount everything. They try this block again:

Code:

sfdisk /dev/mmcblk1 <<EOF

,,c

EOF

sync

mkfs.vfat /dev/mmcblk1p1

sfdisk -d /dev/mmcblk1

Worst case, use the --force flag, just make sure you're saying mmcblk1 and NOT mmcblk0! mmcblk0 is your internal OS!

Re: 16GB miniSD issue!!! HELP!

woody14619,

Ok lets say I have to use the force flag. How do I do that?

EDIT: Tried the umount and this is what I got.

Code:

/home/user # umount /dev/mmcblk1

umount: cannot umount /dev/mmcblk1: Invalid argument

/home/user #

Re: 16GB miniSD issue!!! HELP!

Quote:

Originally Posted by HeavyComponent (Post 733273)

woody14619,

Ok lets say I have to use the force flag. How do I do that?

EDIT: Tried the umount and this is what I got.

Code:

/home/user # umount /dev/mmcblk1

umount: cannot umount /dev/mmcblk1: Invalid argument

/home/user #

Just throw it into the command between sfdisk and the device name. :) I'm more concerned about the fact that it thinks it's in use. As root just try typing mount and see if it's listing anything for /dev/mmcblk1. If it is, try umounting that by name. (For example, it may have /dev/mmcblk1p1 mounted? But the previous command said it had no partitions, so...)

Re: 16GB miniSD issue!!! HELP!

Ok woody14619,

At root just typed "mount".

Code:

/home/user # mount

rootfs on / type rootfs (rw)

ubi0:rootfs on / type ubifs (rw,bulk_read,no_chk_data_crc)

proc on /proc type proc (rw)

sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)

tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,noatime,size=1024k)

tmpfs on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,noatime,size=256k,mode=755)

none on /dev type tmpfs (rw,noatime,size=10240k,mode=755)

devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)

tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,size=65536k)

/dev/mmcblk0p2 on /home type ext3 (rw,noatime,errors=continue,commit=1,data=writeback)

/home/opt on /opt type none (bind)

nodev on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (0)

/opt/pymaemo/usr/lib/python2.5 on /usr/lib/python2.5 type bind (bind)

/opt/pymaemo/usr/share/pyshared on /usr/share/pyshared type bind (bind)

/opt/pymaemo/usr/lib/pyshared on /usr/lib/pyshared type bind (bind)

/opt/pymaemo/usr/share/python-support on /usr/share/python-support type bind (bind)

/opt/pymaemo/usr/lib/python-support on /usr/lib/python-support type bind (bind)

/dev/mmcblk0p1 on /home/user/MyDocs type vfat (rw,noauto,nodev,noexec,nosuid,noatime,nodiratime,utf8,uid=29999,shortname=mixed,dmask=000,fmask=0133,rodir)

/dev/mmcblk1p1 on /media/mmc1 type vfat (rw,noauto,nodev,noexec,nosuid,noatime,nodiratime,utf8,uid=29999,shortname=mixed,dmask=000,fmask=0133,rodir)

Re: 16GB miniSD issue!!! HELP!

Isn't it mmcblk1p1 for the FAT32 partition on the uSDHC card on the N900?

If so, "umount /media/mmc1" as root, followed by the other stuff, as appropriate, should (probably) work.

Note that /dev/mmcblk1p1 is the first partition on /dev/mmcblk1 and /media/mmc1 is the directory it gets mounted to.

Edit: beer induced typo corrected for the benefit of humanity..

Re: 16GB miniSD issue!!! HELP!

fnordianslip,

Did the "umount /media mmc1"

Code:

/home/user # umount /media mmc1

umount: cannot umount /media: Invalid argument

umount: cannot umount mmc1: No such file or directory

/home/user #

Re: 16GB miniSD issue!!! HELP!

Quote:

Originally Posted by HeavyComponent (Post 733293)

Ok woody14619,

At root just typed "mount".

Code:

/dev/mmcblk1p1 on /media/mmc1 type vfat (rw,noauto,nodev,noexec,nosuid,noatime,nodiratime,utf8,uid=29999,shortname=mixed,dmask=000,fmask=0133,rodir)

Hmm.. thats odd, since the sfdisk command output you showed bfore said it had no partitions on the device... Yet now it's saying it has a partition mounted. Well, this should do it for you:

Code:

umount /dev/mmcblk1p1

sfdisk /dev/mmcblk1 <<EOF

,,c

EOF

sync

mkfs.vfat /dev/mmcblk1p1

sync

sfdisk -d /dev/mmcblk1

The output the the last command should show you have a partition, formatted properly. Then a quick reboot (or open your back cover and replace it) and you should be all set.

Re: 16GB miniSD issue!!! HELP!

Aargh. Sorry. Been drinking :) Not helpfull, I know, but at least I'm trying ...

"umount /media/mmc1" should do it.