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Title: Sd Card 1gb Peak
Post by: LukeLuke on August 30, 2005, 10:41:52 am
Hello, i'am an happy user of zaurus SL 5500. i'm Italian, excuse me the bad english.

I bougth the SD Card 1Gb of the Peak, when insert into the SL, dmesg say:
VFS: Disk change detected on device mmcd(60,1)
 mmcda: unknown partition table
FAT bread failed

I have try to format in FAT, FAT32 and with the fdisk on SL i have try linux type, but when try to mount or re-insert the card the system don't see the partition.......

HELP ME!!!!

Thanks

Bye
Title: Sd Card 1gb Peak
Post by: LukeLuke on August 30, 2005, 11:42:31 am
i have try to make like say this how-to:

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)

but when i write partition table, it say:

The partition table has een altered!
Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
WARNING: .....
Syncing disk.

when try to run fdisk /dev/mmcda, it say:

Devices contains neither valid DOS partition table, nor Sun, SGI or OSF  disklabel
Building a new DOS disklabel. Changes will remain in memory only.

I try on windows to fromat FAT with label "SD", but nothing.....

HELP ME!!!!!

Can be the ROM v. 2.38 and kernel 2.4.6 ?

THANKS

Bye
Title: Sd Card 1gb Peak
Post by: lardman on August 30, 2005, 11:44:31 am
What kind of partition did you create?

Also what happens when you try to mount it by hand?:

mount /dev/mmcda1 /mnt/card


Si
Title: Sd Card 1gb Peak
Post by: LukeLuke on August 30, 2005, 12:05:24 pm
it say:
failed: Invalid argument

i try :

mount -t vfat /dev/mmcda1 /mnt/card and mount -t auto /dev/mmcda1 /mnt/card
it say:

failed: Invalid argument
what you think?

THANKS
Title: Sd Card 1gb Peak
Post by: Tom61 on August 30, 2005, 03:37:36 pm
It may be a bad card, have you tried it another device?
Title: Sd Card 1gb Peak
Post by: LukeLuke on August 31, 2005, 02:09:44 am
no .... but this card work well with Palm OS and Windows.....

These is the trade:

http://www.peakhardware.com/products/index...20256/512MB/1GB (http://www.peakhardware.com/products/index.aspx?productName=Secure%20Digital%20Card%20Ultra%20256/512MB/1GB)

What you think ?

THANKS

Bye
Title: Sd Card 1gb Peak
Post by: lardman on August 31, 2005, 05:20:20 am
Is there a limit to the size of the cards supported with that old 'ROM'?

It might be worth upgrading to something more recent (like OZ, or Sharp 3.1x or Cacko), but I don't know whether that will actually fix it.


Si
Title: Sd Card 1gb Peak
Post by: LukeLuke on August 31, 2005, 09:21:38 am
how i can perform the upgrade ? i need of CF memory ?

THANKS

Bye
Title: Sd Card 1gb Peak
Post by: lardman on August 31, 2005, 09:38:05 am
Yes, you'll need a 32MB (min size) CF card, then you have to decide what you want to flash to.

That said, perhaps you should wait and see whether anyone else has anything to say - or look around and see what other people with large SD cards are running.


Si
Title: Sd Card 1gb Peak
Post by: Greg2 on August 31, 2005, 09:58:24 am
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how i can perform the upgrade ? i need of CF memory ?
If you have, or have access to a windows desktop pc you can use the files and instructions here to upgrade the sharp rom:

Edit:
This link is for the ROM Version: 2.37
http://www.myzaurus.com/ROMupdate3.asp (http://www.myzaurus.com/ROMupdate3.asp)

If you only have access to a linux or mac system you will need a CF-card... and you will need a CF-card for any change of your rom other than the sharp upgrade.

Greg
Title: Sd Card 1gb Peak
Post by: LukeLuke on August 31, 2005, 10:55:18 am
the "SetupZ.exe" on this link don't have performed the upgrade of ROM, but a downgrade.......
now i have ROM 2.37 and kernel 2.4.6

On the site MyZaurus.com http://www.myzaurus.com/ROMupdate5.asp (http://www.myzaurus.com/ROMupdate5.asp) , i have see the upgrade ROM v3, i can do it? Or this upgrade need of the ROM v3 ???

THANKS

Bye
Title: Sd Card 1gb Peak
Post by: Greg2 on August 31, 2005, 12:31:33 pm
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the "SetupZ.exe" on this link don't have performed the upgrade of ROM, but a downgrade.......
now i have ROM 2.37 and kernel 2.4.6

On the site MyZaurus.com http://www.myzaurus.com/ROMupdate5.asp (http://www.myzaurus.com/ROMupdate5.asp) , i have see the upgrade ROM v3, i can do it? Or this upgrade need of the ROM v3 ???
Sorry about that... the files on this link will work to 'upgrade'.
http://www.myzaurus.com/ROMupdate5.asp (http://www.myzaurus.com/ROMupdate5.asp)

Greg
Title: Sd Card 1gb Peak
Post by: LukeLuke on August 31, 2005, 04:36:10 pm
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Sorry about that... the files on this link will work to 'upgrade'.
http://www.myzaurus.com/ROMupdate5.asp (http://www.myzaurus.com/ROMupdate5.asp)

Greg
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Title: Sd Card 1gb Peak
Post by: Tom61 on August 31, 2005, 07:49:36 pm
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no .... but this card work well with Palm OS and Windows.....

These is the trade:

http://www.peakhardware.com/products/index...20256/512MB/1GB (http://www.peakhardware.com/products/index.aspx?productName=Secure%20Digital%20Card%20Ultra%20256/512MB/1GB)

What you think ?

THANKS

Bye
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See if you can find someone with a PDA or SD card reader, and see if they can read the card.

It still sounds like the card itself is defective.

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Is there a limit to the size of the cards supported with that old 'ROM'?

It might be worth upgrading to something more recent (like OZ, or Sharp 3.1x or Cacko), but I don't know whether that will actually fix it.


Si
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When I got my Z 5500 it had a fairly old rom, but it could read my 1GB Kingmax Platinum.
Title: Sd Card 1gb Peak
Post by: LukeLuke on September 01, 2005, 09:26:03 am
hello, i have try to upgrade at the ROM v3 and noting....now i have installed the OZ 3.5.3. with opie and kernel 2.4.18 but nothing the error is the same!

I think that the card is incompatible...

THANKS AT ALL.

Bye

P.S. Now i have another problem, but open another post in another section of the forums......