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Model Specific Forums => Sharp Zaurus => Zaurus - pdaXrom => Topic started by: hyperaesthetic on November 01, 2006, 01:40:23 am
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Howdy All,
Well, I can not restore the NAND even if my life depends on it!
I can bring up the service menu fine, but when I get to the NAND Flash Restore menu under backup restore menu on page 3, no matter what brand CF/SD card I use, I keep getting the format error!
I have used 3 different CF cards and 3 different SD cards, but I get the same error. The NAND backup I got is from http://www.trisoft.de (http://www.trisoft.de) I think.
Since the file comes from a reputable source, I am beginning to wonder if the compatibility of the cards is the problem, but with 6 different brands of cards.... I don't know what's going on.
I don't know what's going on any more. I guess I should be glad that I can get to the service mode, huh? The problem is that I can not do much with that service pages!
Any pointer is appreciated....
Hyper
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I solved it using a backup NAND I downloaded from http://downloads.conics.net/pda/zaurus-sl-...iginal-backups/ (http://downloads.conics.net/pda/zaurus-sl-...iginal-backups/)
I used several brands of cf/sd cards, but could not overcome the format error until I downloaded this backup rom and restore it.
Thank you all for your help!
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Just to make sure: You know, you have to format the card as FAT and NOT Fat32?
Whenever I had a problem with a medium for NAND backup/restore, new formatting helped.
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Yes, I am formatting FAT for all my cards....
Just to make sure: You know, you have to format the card as FAT and NOT Fat32?
Whenever I had a problem with a medium for NAND backup/restore, new formatting helped.
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I got the same problem before. For my case, the problem was because I formatted the card using Windows XP. What I did was to format the card using linux with the "mkfs.vfat" command and just like magic, it worked . Until now, I still don't get it. But at least, I don't have the problem anymore. Anyway, I'm not really an expert here, just sharing my experience ^^
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I got the same problem before. For my case, the problem was because I formatted the card using Windows XP. What I did was to format the card using linux with the "mkfs.vfat" command and just like magic, it worked . Until now, I still don't get it. But at least, I don't have the problem anymore. Anyway, I'm not really an expert here, just sharing my experience ^^
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This may have to do with the kind of FAT (FAT16 / FAT32)?
daniel
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What's the size of the cards you're using? The only reason I got a 512mb Lexar is because it wouldn't recognize my 2GB PQI for NAND's at all (backup or restore). I'm not sure if it was a size or brand problem, but you might want to try a card smaller than 1gb. FWIW
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yes, use a 1gb or under sd. some 1gb cf do not work.
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Thank you everyone for your input.
I was thinking about formatting the card with FAT in a linux machine....
And all my cards are smaller than 1 GB, so I wasn't terribly concerned with the 1GB limitation....
I will give it a try and let you all know! =)
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Thank you everyone for your input.
I was thinking about formatting the card with FAT in a linux machine....
And all my cards are smaller than 1 GB, so I wasn't terribly concerned with the 1GB limitation....
I will give it a try and let you all know! =)
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you can use windows to do that too. just select FAT instead of FAT32 (which is the default)
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Howdy All,
Darn it... nothing works. I mkdosfs formatted two cards, one cf and one sd, in linux, but I still get the format error....
I am beginning to think I should try to go back to r121, if that's possible at all....
Meanie: Yes, I have been formatting FAT the whole time....
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If any of you are located in Northern New Mexico (Los Alamos, Santa Fe or ABQ area), I will gladly buy you a meal while we get this pesky thing sorted out....
Thank you,
Hyper