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[ts-7000] Re: fdisk behavior on the SD card

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Subject: [ts-7000] Re: fdisk behavior on the SD card
From: "dabetsr" <>
Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:10:39 -0000
Hi, here are a couple of comments and suggestions...

1. If you are using the TS9445 board for the console, it apparently 
> reroutes JP1. If you use this board, the big toggle switch
> on that board supercedes JP1 (switches between MTD boot and SD boot)

Wow I didn't know that! I though it only changed the LED ;) Thanks.

> 2. Apparently TS either didn't implement it or has a bug in the SD >
card driver, making native partitioning not possible.
> fdisk works fine on USB memory sticks, but will not work on the SD 
> card. It goes through the motions, and appears to work, but
> actually accomplishes nothing.

I have only done fdisk on my laptop but be sure to type the command
'w' in fdisk after you set things up or it will not write any changes!
if you are doing 'q' before performing a 'w' then it's time lost.

In a worst case scenario, you could do this using a card reader on a
PC or laptop with fdisk...

> If anyone knows any different about the native fdisk (both the 
> compiled one and the busybox one) then please correct me.

If the above doesn't work and you are adventurous, you can install a
newer version of fdisk on debian from the lenny debian version. Just
add the line:
'deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian lenny main'
to your '/etc/apt/sources.list'
Then run 'apt-get update' followed by 'apt-get install [fdisk
package]/testing'
(replace [fdisk package] by the name of the package containing fdisk
application (I can't remember it right now).


Gook Luck,
Alberto


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