GP2X Format In Gp2x System


Khayman

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Is it possible to put in a possibility to format the SD card through the linuxsystem in the GP2x?
It would be so good!
 
umount /mnt/sd
mkfs.vfat /dev/mmcsomething/blk0/part1
mount /mnt/sd

or something similar, possibly in a script or directly through a terminal.
 
Magnulus posted on Jul 6 2006 at 03:47 PM said:
Why d'you want that?

"Okay, girls! Let's get ready to look SOOO GOOD!"
*Formatted...ed!*

There seems to be a lot of problems to format the sdcard through mac and windows.
And it seems like very importand to get it right if you whant to upgrade the system for example.
So i thought that it would be a good idea if you could do that through the GP2X instead.
 
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I haven't tried formatting my card (I've only got one but
Code:
umount /mnt/sd
fdisk /dev/mmcsd/disc0/disc

enters the formatter on the GP2X

It should then be possible to format the SD then create the filesystem with mkfs as sparr said
 
Parkydr posted on Jul 7 2006 at 12:01 AM said:
I haven't tried formatting my card (I've only got one but
Code:
umount /mnt/sd
fdisk /dev/mmcsd/disc0/disc

enters the formatter on the GP2X

It should then be possible to format the SD then create the filesystem with mkfs as sparr said

Well is it possible to get it to work in a prog? for us newbees ;)
 
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Khayman posted on Jul 6 2006 at 06:51 PM said:
Parkydr posted on Jul 7 2006 at 12:01 AM said:
I haven't tried formatting my card (I've only got one but
Code:
umount /mnt/sd
fdisk /dev/mmcsd/disc0/disc

enters the formatter on the GP2X

It should then be possible to format the SD then create the filesystem with mkfs as sparr said

Well is it possible to get it to work in a prog? for us newbees ;)
Try it in STerm. (http://archive.gp2x.de/cgi-bin/cfiles.cgi?0,0,0,0,8,1147)
 
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I'd also like to see something like this, due to the horrors I'm having in this thread. A nice, "official" formatting scheme would be very handy indeed, for me :)
 
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the mkdosfs and mkfs.msdos on the 2.0 firmware seems to be broken in some way. in verbose mode it produces output that does not match what i see on my desktop with the same command, and the filesystems are not mountable. i have tried writing directly to the device, as well as to a partition on the device. dunno whats wrong here :(
 
This is a great idea and would help a lot of people, as well as cutting down on the amount of SD card related posts on the forums, as a lot of people (including myself) seem to have had trouble with formatting the SD card correctly to FAT32. I guess the best thing would be a format option in the official firmware, but if anyone knocks up a standalaone utility that would be fantastic! Just something to make it really simple for everyone.

Great idea, not sure why it hasn't been in the firmware earlier really...

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i just format mine in xp , just stick the sd card in the card reader ,right click on the drive and format it, is this a slow day for brains and im winning for a change, or am i missing something....it always works for me. :blink:
 
fatdad posted on Dec 6 2006 at 03:48 PM said:
i just format mine in xp , just stick the sd card in the card reader ,right click on the drive and format it, is this a slow day for brains and im winning for a change, or am i missing something....it always works for me. :blink:

Sorry, but you've actually lost points for resurrecting a thread from four months ago...
 
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Why wouldnt this be in the default firmware anyway? I pop a new SD card in my Nikon coolpix and it asks me if I want to format it. I dont use a card reader on my PC. Now with the 2.1.1 firmware, finally the USB hookup is working flawlessly for me in linux and doze. But it would still be nice to format a card right on the unit.
 
saehn posted on Dec 6 2006 at 08:51 PM said:
fatdad posted on Dec 6 2006 at 03:48 PM said:
i just format mine in xp , just stick the sd card in the card reader ,right click on the drive and format it, is this a slow day for brains and im winning for a change, or am i missing something....it always works for me. :blink:

Sorry, but you've actually lost points for resurrecting a thread from four months ago...
doh , i didnt start the thread , i just said what i did, next time you want to make a comment ,try reading the thread starter...points lost for being stupid , cartman would call you an r-tard.... :D.....edit to add = cartman would call you an r-tard :)
 
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fatdad posted on Dec 8 2006 at 12:40 PM said:
doh , i didnt start the thread , i just said what i did, next time you want to make a comment ,try reading the thread starter...points lost for being stupid , cartman would call you an r-tard.... :D.....edit to add = cartman would call you an r-tard :)

I said you lost points for resurrecting it. I didn't say that you started it. By "resurrecting" it, I meant that you re-opened an old thread that was essentially settled.

Are you really sure that you should go around calling people stupid?
 
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