ts-7000
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: [ts-7000] formatting (?) onboard flash filesystem

To:
Subject: Re: [ts-7000] formatting (?) onboard flash filesystem
From: Andy Gryc <>
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 13:07:42 -0400
If I'm not mistaken, you need to use the char alias when formatting 
(/dev/mtd/1), not the block version.

I don't have ready access to this right now, but if you search through 
the archives, you should find a note from Eddie or Jessie that explains 
this.
--Andy Gryc

On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:20 pm, tomtrouble0528 wrote:
>
> After pulling my hair out with a filesystem issue, I decided
> to take a drastic action, I created an ext2 filesystem on
> /dev/mtdblock/1 as an experiment.
>
> I would like to go back to a jffs2 filesystem on the flash
> and figure I overwrote some interesting data when I created
> the ext2 filesystem.
>
> flash_eraseall doesn't see /dev/mtdblock/1 as a flash device
> it can erase.  Attempts to use dd to write the flash image
> doesn't accomplish anything either.
>
> Is all lost, or is there a fairly simple way to get back to
> mtd being able to access /dev/mtdblock/1?
>
> Cheers,
> T.mike
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
--Andy Gryc

http://gryc.ws


 
Yahoo! Groups Links

<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ts-7000/

<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
    

<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
    http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
 


<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
Admin

Disclaimer: Neither Andrew Taylor nor the University of NSW School of Computer and Engineering take any responsibility for the contents of this archive. It is purely a compilation of material sent by many people to the birding-aus mailing list. It has not been checked for accuracy nor its content verified in any way. If you wish to get material removed from the archive or have other queries about the archive e-mail Andrew Taylor at this address: andrewt@cse.unsw.EDU.AU