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Re: [ts-7000] How to format 2G CF card for a 7200?

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Subject: Re: [ts-7000] How to format 2G CF card for a 7200?
From: Ross Wolin <>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 18:30:12 -0800
Skip that part about
- ext2resize /dev/sdcard1/disc0/part3 (not on dev kit)

I copied it from my doc where it was crossed out, ext2resize isn't on 
the TS-7300 development kit, but you can use resize2fs instead.

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Ross Wolin wrote:

> This what I did with a 1G card - it should also probably work with a 2G
> card.
> I basically copied the 512M image to the card, then expanded the last
> partition to fill the card.
> This was all done with the TS-7300 board.
> I think I got this information from TS documentation somewhere, but I
> don't recall where.
>
> - Quick boot (i.e. don't start the whole system, just the 1.7s deal)
> - Remount original SD card read only (this isn't necessary - quick boot
> mounts it read only)
> mount -t ext2 -o defaults,noatime,sync,remount,ro
> /dev/sdcard0/disc0/part3 /
> - dd if=/dev/sdcard0/disc0/disc of=/dev/sdcard1/disc0/disc (this takes
> a while.)
> - ext2resize /dev/sdcard1/disc0/part3 (not on dev kit)
> - fdisk /dev/sdcard1/disc0/disc, delete part3, then recreate starting in
> the same spot but using the remaining space
> - reboot (to use new partition table from fdisk)
> - exit to full boot, so sdcard is mounted r/w
> - e2fsck -f /dev/sdcard1/disc0/part3
> - resize2fs -p /dev/sdcard1/disc0/part3 (defaults to expanding to fill
> the whole partition)
>
> ===============================
>
> > How do I format a 2G CF card so I can put all image contents on it?
> > I'm not talking about copying an image to it (unless there's a 2G
> > image).
> >
> > --
>


 
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