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Re: [ts-7000] CF Problems

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Subject: Re: [ts-7000] CF Problems
From: Jim Jackson <>
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 09:35:33 +0100 (BST)
Re problem 1 - if you put in the various CFdisks (don't mount) and do

 fdisk -l /dev/.....

whatever the device is, is there are significant difference between
them?

On Tue, 16 Aug 2005, nagi_kann wrote:
>  Pbm 2: When I use the other makes (not Sandisk), I am 'mount'ing
>         these CF cards as 'vfat' type file systems. Most of the
>         times it does work, but sometimes, after a reboot, it fails
>         to mount the CF card. Pls note: It detects the CF card, but
>         it fails to mount it. I get some weird behaviour, for .e.g:
>         the file system is shown to be mounted as 'rw' but when I
>         try to write it fails. Sometimes it fails during 'mount'ing.
>         If I take the CF card and reformat it from a Windows system,
>         and then put it back in my product it does start working.
>         But then again after sometime, I do face the same problem.
>         I suspected that it could be a problem with the make of the
>         CF card and went in for SanDisk (as this is supplied by
>         T-Systems) and then I landed up with 'Pbm 1' (above).
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>         Is this behaviour (Pbm 2) due to the fact I am 'mount'ing
>         as a 'vfat' filesystem? Should I reformat the CF as 'ext2'
>         and mount it as 'ext2'?

Yes you can. And I'd recommend it. I've not had any problems with ext2.
Other than having to fsck them on another system when I've accidently
(cough) pulled the power connector out of the ts7200 when playing around.


>         ........Doesn't the TS7200 MTD drivers
>         support 'vfat' on CF cards reliably?
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> Thanking you all in anticipation and looking forward to your responses.
>
> Thanks and with regards,
> - Nagi
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