Thread: Clone OS to SD Deb!! Boot from SD made EASY!!
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2008-04-29 , 16:55
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OK, you probably got this PB, but here's what's going on:
  1. /dev/mmc0blk1 is mounted
  2. fdisk mmc, makes new partition table
  3. fdisk tries to make kernel re-read partition table, but fails because of A
  4. mkfs tries writing an e2fs on /dev/mmc0blk2, which should be a block special file referring to the second partition on the internal mmc.
  5. mkfs writes an e2fs on /dev/mmc0blk2, which, since it didn't previously exist, is created as a regular file
  6. EPIC FAIL!
Solution: check before creating filesystem:
Code:
if [ ! -b /dev/mmc0blk2 ] ; then
  echo "Epic fail detected on long range scanners. Proceeding heroically..."
fi
Last edited by Benson; 2008-04-29 at 16:57.