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2010-12-30
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How can i ask my n900 to format my memory card to ext3 ? (xterminal)
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2010-12-30
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do you have easydebian installed? It has fdisk. You can use that to partition. Btw, its always gud to have easydebian on your n900 (whats the 32gb for 
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so i guess the the lesson learned is: "if you want a thing done well, do it yourself"
so i guess the the lesson learned is: "if you want a thing done well, do it yourself"
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2010-12-30
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Use mkfs.ext3 for this, you will need root right for the formatting. There are many options to apply characteristics and device name. If you need more help, you better give more info about what you are trying to achieve (like which pc-systems should use it ...)
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2010-12-30
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http://wiki.maemo.org/Partitioning_a_flash_card
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2010-12-30
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Originally Posted by michaaa62
hi, i wish to formate my 8gb memmory card of my n900 to ext3 , withn the n900 it self since i dont have a linux system on my pc, is there a way to do that from the xterm of n900 ? im a noob so please if u can write the exact command i shoud type for formating my memory card. thankss
Use mkfs.ext3 for this, you will need root right for the formatting. There are many options to apply characteristics and device name. If you need more help, you better give more info about what you are trying to achieve (like which pc-systems should use it ...)
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2010-12-30
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Code:
# First we need super power so.. root # Second we need to unmount. # This is usually the first partition of mmcblk1 "mmcblk1p1" so.. umount /dev/mmcblk1p1 # Then we make filesystem ext3. mkfs.ext3 /dev/mmcblk1p1
Last edited by humble; 2010-12-30 at 20:49. Reason: checking spacing
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2010-12-30
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Just a note, you will need to edit some things to get the card to auto mount and ext3 is harder on flash devices like sd cards than ext2.
Presently have mine partitioned for ext2 and nitdroid.
Presently have mine partitioned for ext2 and nitdroid.
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2010-12-30
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i don't know why one would want there whole card ext3. its going to tell you unsupported format constantly. until at lease one of the partitions are fat..
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2010-12-31
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Originally Posted by humble
Why would it exactly? The N900, Debian, Maemo, etc have support for ext3 built in. If a fat is required, I guess just make a 16MB fat partition.
i don't know why one would want there whole card ext3. its going to tell you unsupported format constantly. until at lease one of the partitions are fat..