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Title: Formating Cf
Post by: genzo on May 26, 2005, 07:38:34 am

I have a SL-5500 and a 1GB Sandisk Ultra II CF card.

I have tried the card in my MP3 Player and It just freezes on me so I thought I would try it in my PDA.

The PDA picks up that I have inserted the CF but it does not let me read the contents or even shows so that I can.

I want to format the card so that I can see if that works but I dont know how. I have looked all over the place trying different things but I stil can get it to work.

I have done:
umount /dev/hda1
mkfs.ext2 /dev/hda1
mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/cf

and it does not work.

Title: Formating Cf
Post by: Greg2 on May 26, 2005, 10:31:39 am

Quote

I want to format the card so that I can see if that works but I dont know how. I have looked all over the place trying different things but I stil can get it to work.

I have done:
umount /dev/hda1
mkfs.ext2 /dev/hda1
mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/cf

and it does not work.

You have to create a type 83 partition...use this howto:
https://www.oesf.org/index.php?title=Step-b...ing_for_newbies (https://www.oesf.org/index.php?title=Step-by-step_CF/SD_fdisk/formatting_for_newbies)

Greg

Title: Formating Cf
Post by: Jcroto1 on May 26, 2005, 12:36:22 pm

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I have a SL-5500 and a 1GB Sandisk Ultra II CF card.

I have tried the card in my MP3 Player and It just freezes on me so I thought I would try it in my PDA.

The PDA picks up that I have inserted the CF but it does not let me read the contents or even shows so that I can.

I want to format the card so that I can see if that works but I dont know how. I have looked all over the place trying different things but I stil can get it to work.

I have done:
umount /dev/hda1
mkfs.ext2 /dev/hda1
mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/cf

and it does not work.
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Remember, though, if you format your card ext2 your MP3 Player probably wont be able to read it.

Title: Formating Cf
Post by: genzo on May 27, 2005, 06:54:06 am

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I have a SL-5500 and a 1GB Sandisk Ultra II CF card.

I have tried the card in my MP3 Player and It just freezes on me so I thought I would try it in my PDA.

The PDA picks up that I have inserted the CF but it does not let me read the contents or even shows so that I can.

I want to format the card so that I can see if that works but I dont know how. I have looked all over the place trying different things but I stil can get it to work.

I have done:
umount /dev/hda1
mkfs.ext2 /dev/hda1
mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/cf

and it does not work.
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Remember, though, if you format your card ext2 your MP3 Player probably wont be able to read it.
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When I try and umount the CF using umount /dev/hda1 I get the following message:
/dev/hda1: Invaild Argument
/dev/hda: Invaild Argument

So I tried fdisk /dev/hda1 and /dev/hda which gives me this message:
Unable to open /dev/hda1
Unable to open /dev/hda

I think something is wrong with my card but its funny that it works on my PC in a card reader USB.

Title: Formating Cf
Post by: PrOtOn on May 27, 2005, 10:04:10 pm

If works in your PC, then boot from a Linux Live CD(your choice) and format the card through terminal.
 That is how I did with mine when my Zaurus wasn't working.

 Why are you umounting it anyway?