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2010-04-08
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You can try using sfdisk to partition the card, but it's not the most user-friendly of fdisk programs (it's designed more for scriptability). You can dig out the manual pages online and give it a go though.
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2010-04-08
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sfdisk: read error on /dev/mmcblk1 - cannot read sector 0
/dev/mmcblk1: unrecognized partition table type
No partitions found
this is what i get when i list all the partitions.
is it possible that the whole card reader isn't working right?
i'll try flashing back to the default kernel this afternoon
/dev/mmcblk1: unrecognized partition table type
No partitions found
this is what i get when i list all the partitions.
is it possible that the whole card reader isn't working right?
i'll try flashing back to the default kernel this afternoon
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2010-04-08
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Flash the stock kernel back then try again. or even perform a full re-flash.
There is a remote possibility of hw damage caused by overclocking but it would be extremely rare.
There is a remote possibility of hw damage caused by overclocking but it would be extremely rare.
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2010-04-08
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Originally Posted by oddish2211
Plug it into a PC and use gparted to create a new partition table.
sfdisk: read error on /dev/mmcblk1 - cannot read sector 0
/dev/mmcblk1: unrecognized partition table type
No partitions found
this is what i get when i list all the partitions.
is it possible that the whole card reader isn't working right?
i'll try flashing back to the default kernel this afternoon
If that doesn't work I'm guessing your card is dead.
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2010-04-08
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i'll try that this afternoon.
but the card isn't dead, i tested it through my pc
but the card isn't dead, i tested it through my pc
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2010-04-08
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Do you have any other microsd cards you can try? You said it works fine in everything except your N900...could be that your N900 has a problem.
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2010-04-08
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i have the N900 for about 1 month, i've flashed the 900MHz firmware 3 days ago, i don't know if the memory card problems started before or after i flashed it.
i'll try to reflash it in a minute
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i'm installing ubuntu in a VM, so it'll take more than a few minutes. but should i reflash everything? even the emmc?
Last edited by oddish2211; 2010-04-08 at 13:37.
i'll try to reflash it in a minute
edit:
i'm installing ubuntu in a VM, so it'll take more than a few minutes. but should i reflash everything? even the emmc?
Last edited by oddish2211; 2010-04-08 at 13:37.
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2010-04-08
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Originally Posted by oddish2211
The eMMC shouldn't affect the SD card at all, so I'd try just doing the firmware first. If that still doesn't work, then do both.
i'm installing ubuntu in a VM, so it'll take more than a few minutes. but should i reflash everything? even the emmc?
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2010-04-08
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i've been trough a lot of trouble, and i finally did it.
i've had to flash the os and the emmc. but now my microsd card works again. thanks for all the help
Last edited by oddish2211; 2010-04-08 at 19:04.
i've had to flash the os and the emmc. but now my microsd card works again. thanks for all the help
Last edited by oddish2211; 2010-04-08 at 19:04.
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2010-04-08
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Other than reflashing, did you also do the repartitioning?
I ask because DOS/Windows will happily and annoyingly transparently, use a partitionless block device (disk) as a drive, say E: or some other letter. You can find out, but it's not immediately obvious that it's not a partition on the SDcard.
Linux/bsd/etc can all do this but you tend to notice. The n900 is looking for /dev/mmcblk1p1 as a fat(32) partition. It won't try the whole device nor accept non fat.
So when you say the MicroSD worked, you might have seen it using /dev/mmcblk1 (or whatever terminology Windows uses to mean whole disk).
I ask because DOS/Windows will happily and annoyingly transparently, use a partitionless block device (disk) as a drive, say E: or some other letter. You can find out, but it's not immediately obvious that it's not a partition on the SDcard.
Linux/bsd/etc can all do this but you tend to notice. The n900 is looking for /dev/mmcblk1p1 as a fat(32) partition. It won't try the whole device nor accept non fat.
So when you say the MicroSD worked, you might have seen it using /dev/mmcblk1 (or whatever terminology Windows uses to mean whole disk).