Re: Linux Installation Question: How do you format/partition the CF card?

Thanks, I will try it out partitioning the card I have.

After the install, is it recommended to partition the CF card as ext2/ext3 or fat16 if I wanted to use it as an extended partition for the familiar installation?

Vij

Hackbin kim <hackbin.kim_at_gmail.com> wrote: I tried with my Sandisk 512MB CF card a few days ago and it still didn't work. I had to find an older one with 128MB. So, both 64MB & 128MB will work. Not sure with 256MB.
  
 My vmware FC2 was not so kind to the USB card reader so I have not tried to format it myself but here it is.
 mkfs.vfat /dev/(your device name here) 63000
  
 After the initial installation, you don't need to keep this partition. So reformat with full capacity until you need to do this again.
  
 Good luck! You will need a lot of that.
 
 
 On 2/10/06, Todd Blumer <todd_at_sdgsystems.com> wrote:

Vijay Puvvada wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> I have a 1 G Compact Flash II and a 512 MB SD card and I noticed in
> the hx4700 installation notes that the author could not get a 512 MB
> CF card to work directly and that he/she had to partition the first 63
> MB and that the partition must be FAT16.
>
> I haven't actually tried the install yet, however. (partially because
> I don't know how to do that with removable memory).
>
> 1. Is partitioning the Compact Flash card still a requirement for a
> successful install?

Some recent bootloader fixes may resolve the previous problem. Try your
card as-is first.

>
> 2. On a linux host system with a USB card reader, can you suggest a
> command that I could use to create the 63 MB fat16 partition?
>
> 3. Is the remaining space on the card essentially wasted or can it be
> partitioned ext2/ext3 and mounted? If yes, can you suggest a command
> to do that also?

Ditto.

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