update... fixed problem, formatted 16gb sandisk card (14.8gb capacity) on win xp whilst in n900 using mass storage mode. rebooted n900 and opened xterm. opened new window and typed root. entered 13300 without < > in step 2 of guide and this was successful output. hope it helps contro ... Code: BusyBox v1.10.2 (Debian 3:1.10.2.legal-1osso30+0m5) built-in shell (ash) Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands. Nokia-N900:~# umount /dev/mmcblk1p1 Nokia-N900:~# sfdisk -uM /dev/mmcblk1 << EOF > ,13300,C > ,,L > ,, > ,, > EOF Checking that no-one is using this disk right now ... OK Disk /dev/mmcblk1: 486192 cylinders, 4 heads, 16 sectors/track Old situation: Units = mebibytes of 1048576 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0 Device Boot Start End MiB #blocks Id System /dev/mmcblk1p1 0+ 13099 13100- 13414399+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/mmcblk1p2 13100 15193- 2094- 2143744 83 Linux /dev/mmcblk1p3 0 - 0 0 0 Empty /dev/mmcblk1p4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty New situation: Units = mebibytes of 1048576 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0 Device Boot Start End MiB #blocks Id System /dev/mmcblk1p1 0+ 13299 13300- 13619199+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/mmcblk1p2 13300 15193- 1894- 1938944 83 Linux /dev/mmcblk1p3 0 - 0 0 0 Empty /dev/mmcblk1p4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty Warning: no primary partition is marked bootable (active) This does not matter for LILO, but the DOS MBR will not boot this disk. Successfully wrote the new partition table Re-reading the partition table ... If you created or changed a DOS partition, /dev/foo7, say, then use dd(1) to zero the first 512 bytes: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/foo7 bs=512 count=1 (See fdisk(8).) Nokia-N900:~# umount /dev/mmcblk1p1 Nokia-N900:~# mkdosfs /dev/mmcblk1p1 mkdosfs 3.0.1 (23 Nov 2008) 37 #####################################Nokia-N900:~# mke2fs -j -m0 /dev/mmcblk1p2 mke2fs 1.41.3.maemo0 (12-Oct-2008) Filesystem label= OS type: Linux Block size=4096 (log=2) Fragment size=4096 (log=2) 121200 inodes, 484736 blocks 0 blocks (0.00%) reserved for the super user First data block=0 Maximum filesystem blocks=499122176 15 block groups 32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group 8080 inodes per group Superblock backups stored on blocks: 32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912 Writing inode tables: done Creating journal (8192 blocks): done Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done This filesystem will be automatically checked every 27 mounts or 180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override. Nokia-N900:~#
BusyBox v1.10.2 (Debian 3:1.10.2.legal-1osso30+0m5) built-in shell (ash) Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands. Nokia-N900:~# umount /dev/mmcblk1p1 Nokia-N900:~# sfdisk -uM /dev/mmcblk1 << EOF > ,13300,C > ,,L > ,, > ,, > EOF Checking that no-one is using this disk right now ... OK Disk /dev/mmcblk1: 486192 cylinders, 4 heads, 16 sectors/track Old situation: Units = mebibytes of 1048576 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0 Device Boot Start End MiB #blocks Id System /dev/mmcblk1p1 0+ 13099 13100- 13414399+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/mmcblk1p2 13100 15193- 2094- 2143744 83 Linux /dev/mmcblk1p3 0 - 0 0 0 Empty /dev/mmcblk1p4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty New situation: Units = mebibytes of 1048576 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0 Device Boot Start End MiB #blocks Id System /dev/mmcblk1p1 0+ 13299 13300- 13619199+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/mmcblk1p2 13300 15193- 1894- 1938944 83 Linux /dev/mmcblk1p3 0 - 0 0 0 Empty /dev/mmcblk1p4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty Warning: no primary partition is marked bootable (active) This does not matter for LILO, but the DOS MBR will not boot this disk. Successfully wrote the new partition table Re-reading the partition table ... If you created or changed a DOS partition, /dev/foo7, say, then use dd(1) to zero the first 512 bytes: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/foo7 bs=512 count=1 (See fdisk(8).) Nokia-N900:~# umount /dev/mmcblk1p1 Nokia-N900:~# mkdosfs /dev/mmcblk1p1 mkdosfs 3.0.1 (23 Nov 2008) 37 #####################################Nokia-N900:~# mke2fs -j -m0 /dev/mmcblk1p2 mke2fs 1.41.3.maemo0 (12-Oct-2008) Filesystem label= OS type: Linux Block size=4096 (log=2) Fragment size=4096 (log=2) 121200 inodes, 484736 blocks 0 blocks (0.00%) reserved for the super user First data block=0 Maximum filesystem blocks=499122176 15 block groups 32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group 8080 inodes per group Superblock backups stored on blocks: 32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912 Writing inode tables: done Creating journal (8192 blocks): done Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done This filesystem will be automatically checked every 27 mounts or 180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override. Nokia-N900:~#