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jerjozwik 2012-04-07 07:00
microsd will not mount
 
for whatever reason my microSD stop mounting today. i have tried several different file systems, ext2 ext3 fat32... sadly nothing seems to be working.

i have tired to mount manually via the phone. sadly no luck.

any tips out there?

pali 2012-04-07 07:17
Re: microsd will not mount
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by jerjozwik (Post 1189138)
i have tired to mount manually via the phone. sadly no luck.
and what is error message??

misterc 2012-04-07 07:26
Re: microsd will not mount
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by jerjozwik (Post 1189138)
for whatever reason my microSD stop mounting today. i have tried several different file systems, ext2 ext3 fat32... sadly nothing seems to be working.

i have tired to mount manually via the phone. sadly no luck.

any tips out there?
if you already went thru the trouble of formatting it, any chance you can test it on a PC?
the N900 is a close as one may come to a PC in a pocket, but it isn't exactly standard, neither...

what brand / model is the mSD?
is it a mSD or a mSDHC (mSDXC)?
capacity, speed class???

misterc 2012-04-07 07:28
Re: microsd will not mount
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by jerjozwik (Post 1189138)
for whatever reason my microSD stop mounting today. i have tried several different file systems, ext2 ext3 fat32... sadly nothing seems to be working.

i have tired to mount manually via the phone. sadly no luck.

any tips out there?
guess your buddy soldered the USB port & you were able to reflash it, huh?
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...0&postcount=98

jerjozwik 2012-04-07 16:17
Re: microsd will not mount
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by pali (Post 1189146)
and what is error message??
it all started yesterday when i tried to softlink a gpsrecorder folder to the microsd. i got a operation not permitted error, so i thought softlinks cannot cross file systems. so i took out the microsd and partitioned it as ext2 and fat32. copied all my information to the card and popped it in the phone. no card showing up. so i did a few searches here and found
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...hlight=microsd
http://wiki.maemo.org/Ext2_on_microSD_card

honestly i dont remember the error codes. and today it seems the card now being recognized but says it is corrupted. i am tring to format as different file systems with gparted to see what will work.

Quote:
Originally Posted by misterc (Post 1189152)
if you already went thru the trouble of formatting it, any chance you can test it on a PC?
the N900 is a close as one may come to a PC in a pocket, but it isn't exactly standard, neither...

what brand / model is the mSD?
is it a mSD or a mSDHC (mSDXC)?
capacity, speed class???
sorry, should have known better.
sandisk 16 gig microSDHC class 4.

Quote:
Originally Posted by misterc (Post 1189153)
guess your buddy soldered the USB port & you were able to reflash it, huh?
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...0&postcount=98
nope, though i am giving him my old one today to see what he can do. i ended up buying a "new" phone of ebay for an alright price.

misterc 2012-04-08 00:39
Re: microsd will not mount
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by jerjozwik (Post 1189363)
it all started yesterday when i tried to softlink a gpsrecorder folder to the microsd. i got a operation not permitted error, so i thought softlinks cannot cross file systems. so i took out the microsd and partitioned it as ext2 and fat32. [...]
Fremantle only recognizes the vFAT partition as first partition
if you put the ext partition 1st, it won't mount it automatically anymore, indeed
need to
Code:
~ $ root
{bla bla}
Nokia-N900:~# mount /dev/mmcblk1p2 /media/mmc1
Nokia-N900:~# mkdir /media/ext
Nokia-N900:~# mount /dev/mmcblk1p1 /media/ext
you can of course put anything you want instead of /media/ext
personally i use
Code:
Nokia-N900:~# mount /dev/mmcblk1p2 /media/mmc1/src.ins
nota bene: i put the ext3 partition as p2, so Fremantle still mounts mmcblk1p1 automatically

pali 2012-04-08 07:56
Re: microsd will not mount
 
New version of ke-recv (daemon which mount sd cards) in CSSU T now suppport more types of filesystem and also more partitions.

K9999 2012-04-08 09:36
Re: microsd will not mount
 
it happened to me last night, problem after another. this cause was updating CSSU. The new update/fix is pushed to repo. follow the steps to solve if your case is similar. read the thread for more info


Quote:
Originally Posted by pali (Post 1189454)
Problem with ke-recv is because MAG did not used correct fremantle dpkg & debhleper version and created bad ke-recv package.

Everyone who has problem try to use new merlin version:
http://cdnm.at/~christian/maemo/ke-r...9-14_armel.deb

Next problem is that MAG's version in CSSU-T repo creating invalid symlink /etc/init.d/ke-recv. So before installing new version bad symlink must be deleted.

Code:
$ wget http://cdnm.at/~christian/maemo/ke-recv_3.19-14_armel.deb
$ rm -f /etc/init.d/ke-recv
$ dpkg -i ke-recv_3.19-14_armel.deb

jerjozwik 2012-04-08 15:19
Re: microsd will not mount
 
so... funny story.
there was nothing wrong with the card. it just wont mount right away.
after leaving my phone charging for about 20 min, i came back to it, opened file browser and there it was...

but if i just pop the card in and run:
Nokia-N900:~# mount -t vfat /dev/mmcblk1p1 /media/mmc1
mount: mounting /dev/mmcblk1p1 on /media/mmc1 failed: No such file or directory

mmc1 exists, but /dev/mmcblk1 does not.

plug the phone into the wall charger and TADA! microsd mounts and /dev/mmcblk1 shows up.

TARIKO 2012-04-15 11:06
Re: microsd will not mount
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by jerjozwik (Post 1189747)
so... funny story.
there was nothing wrong with the card. it just wont mount right away.
after leaving my phone charging for about 20 min, i came back to it, opened file browser and there it was...

but if i just pop the card in and run:
Nokia-N900:~# mount -t vfat /dev/mmcblk1p1 /media/mmc1
mount: mounting /dev/mmcblk1p1 on /media/mmc1 failed: No such file or directory

mmc1 exists, but /dev/mmcblk1 does not.

plug the phone into the wall charger and TADA! microsd mounts and /dev/mmcblk1 shows up.
It does not work for me I'm in the case of:
mount: mounting /dev/mmcblk1p1 on /media/mmc1 failed: No such file or directory

mmc1 exists, but /dev/mmcblk1 does not.

bozoid 2012-04-16 16:06
Re: microsd will not mount
 
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i had similar problems before.
my problem was caused by this:
- an SD card formatted using the PC can only be mounted via /dev/mmcblk1 as fat/vfat.
- if I use linux fdisk on the SD card to create partitions, & format /dev/mmcblk1p1, then i have to mount /dev/mmcblk1p1. mounting /dev/mmcblk1 would fail.
(all above actually makes sense if you know a bit of how disk contents are written).

so, i updated some system scripts in my n900 to handle all those cases properly, including BackupMenu.
also updated scripts to recognize ext2 partitions.
attached original scripts & updated scripts (to be placed into /usr/sbin).
no warranty provided.
use at your own risk!

warning: if you don't take precautions, you run risk of bricking your n900 permanently because some partitions can't get mounted. first be sure you know how to unbrick your n900, then try.

bozoid 2012-04-16 16:09
Re: microsd will not mount
 
opps. the attached BackupMenu replacement needs to be in its proper place. & do check that the original matches before replacing!


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