Zaurus doesn't read SD cards

[mpray]

I've got an SL-5500, with OZ and such.  Lately, I haven't been able to read my SD cards.  I have had a 256 PNY for a while, and once I put some mp3's on it through some proprietary software, I'm pretty sure it hasnt been working.  I tried to reformat it using Windows into FAT16, but my Z still wouldn't read it.  I tried to see if my friend's ext2 formatted card would work, and it didn't.  I also bought one from the store, and it doesnt work.  dmesg says that a device change was detected, but doesnt do anything about it.  I can try to post the entire dmesg if neccessary.

Any suggestions?

[mpray]

When I try ./sdcontrol insert  or  mount -t vfat /dev/mmcda1 /mnt/card  both say that mmcda1 is not a valid block device.  Would this help?

[jesizmi]

Hi mpray,
I had the same problem with my SD after letting Windows formatting it. Deeper inspection showed, that in stead of formatting the 1. partition (i. E. mmcda1) it formatted mmcda without any partition
So mount /dev/mmcda /mnt/card worked fine.
If this is true for you, there are two ways of getting the Z to auto-mount the card.
1. try fdisk-ing your card and give it at least one vfat-partition
or
2. vi /etc/fstab
   alter the line that reads /dev/mmcda1    /mnt/card ...something..
   to                               /dev/mmcda      /mnt/card ...samething...

the first is the better

[mpray]

Thanks for your help.  However, my problem seems to run deeper, given the fact that I bought a fresh card from the store.  When I try to mount mmcda or any other mmcda device, it simply says that the mmcda I tried to mount doesnt exist.  (unknown device)

Anyway, thanks for your help, although my problem still lives on...