Memory Card doesn't support ext2/3? Wtf?
 

Hey All,

Is there something special I have to do to get my N900 to use an ext2/3 formatted microSD card? It tells me the card is invalid if it is formatted to either of these but works fine if it is fat32...

Thanks,
~Jeff

Re: Memory Card doesn't support ext2/3? Wtf?
 

Isn't your issue one part the formatting software within the N900 (and its ability to read another ext2/3 partition) and the card controller's software on the memory card?

The former would be something worth putting into Bugzilla, while the latter is at the card level and a lot harder to solve.

Re: Memory Card doesn't support ext2/3? Wtf?
 

If you're just going by the message that pops up when you insert it.. it's because Maemo by default tries to mount it as fat.

That's why most people suggest 2 partitions on an SD card.. a small 100MB first partition thats fat.. just to shut maemo up.. and the rest EXT2/3.

If you insert the ext3 card, open a terminal, and mount it by hand:

for example (note, mmcblk1p1 is a guess, I have no idea what the N900 removable card device is), it should work.

Re: Memory Card doesn't support ext2/3? Wtf?
 

filesystem support is implemented inside OS - card readers have no clue whatsoever about what data is stored on the memory card..

Re: Memory Card doesn't support ext2/3? Wtf?
 

That makes sense - its very, very, stupid but makes perfect sense. Thanks much, I'll have to setup my SD card as such.

@ARJWright I format my SD card using GParted on Ubuntu - and the card reads fine on both my laptops so I was assuming it was an issue with the phone itself.

~Jeff

Re: Memory Card doesn't support ext2/3? Wtf?
 

How do I mount the second partition on my media card? /dev/mmcblk1p1 is the location of the first partition however /dev/mmcblk1p2 is not the location of the second partition... and since the n900 lacks the fdisk command I cannot find my second partition.

~Jeff

Re: Memory Card doesn't support ext2/3? Wtf?
 

Use tab completion or do an ls /dev/mmc*

Re: Memory Card doesn't support ext2/3? Wtf?
 

According to running ls /dev/mmc* my N900 is only seeing the first of the three partitions on my storage card... Ideas on why this is and how i can make it see my second and third partitions that are ext3?

Thanks,
~Jeff

Re: Memory Card doesn't support ext2/3? Wtf?
 

Have a look at /proc/partitions and do a dmesg | grep mmc in the console to see if the partitions show up to the kernel.

Re: Memory Card doesn't support ext2/3? Wtf?
 

Does the N900 have partprobe?