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Subject: [ts-7000] Re: TS-7300 SDCARD1 Formatting...
From: "n1ist" <>
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:27:42 -0000
I have used the process on 
http://www.seiner.com/mediawiki/index.php/Copying_boot_sdcard
in the past...
/mike


--- In  "gcworrell" <> wrote:
>
> OK, the original post was years ago, but now I've purchased several more 
> TS-7300's, and now I can only get 512M formatted on a 2G CF card, no matter 
> what blocksize options, auto options, etc., I try.
> 
> I was hoping the issue described below was fixed and delivered with the new 
> TS-7300's.
> 
> I've tried:
> 
> mke2fs -b[1024 2048 4096] /dev/sdcard1/disc0/disc
> 
> and after I mount it and df -h I see the whole partition is 469M.
> 
> What am I doing wrong?
> 
> G.
> 
> --- In  Eddie Dawydiuk <eddie@> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> > 
> > > I am trying to format /dev/sdcard1/disc0/disc.  The CF is 2GIG, and I
> > > need the entire 2GIG as one partition.
> > 
> > The TS-7400 should support up to 4GB SD cards, although the TS-7260 and
> > TS-7300 only support up to 1GB SD cards. In the next couple of weeks the
> > TS-7260 and TS-7300 will also support up to 4GB. I'll send a message to
> > this list when this is available.
> > 
> > > I figured out how to do this a few months ago with a 1GIG CF (and I
> > > remember it took a while to figure it out) but after I run mke2fs -b
> > > 1024 /dev/sdcard1/disc0/disc and mount it, I only get a 1GIG partition,
> > > according to df -h.  I tried a block size of 2048, and the mke2fs
> > > default blocksize (the one it hueristically computes if you don't
> > > specify a block size) of 4096.  They both complete the formatting but
> > > won't mount.
> > 
> > There was a problem with the SD card driver that only allowed it to work
> > with filesystems with a 1KB block size. This issue was resolved a couple
> > of months ago.
> > 
> > //Eddie
> >
>




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