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'''WARNING: Partitioning your flash card will delete all data of the card, so be sure to back up any important data to a computer or another flash card.''' | '''WARNING: Partitioning your flash card will delete all data of the card, so be sure to back up any important data to a computer or another flash card.''' | ||
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== Install the necessary packages and create partitions == | == Install the necessary packages and create partitions == | ||
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* The '''internal''' card device is /dev/mmcblk0 (mounted at /media/mmc2) | * The '''internal''' card device is /dev/mmcblk0 (mounted at /media/mmc2) | ||
- | So if you plan to format the | + | So if you plan to format the external media card you will need to replace mmcblk0p with mmcblk1p in the recipe below. |
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+ | First, you will need [[root access]]. | ||
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+ | In Xterm on your tablet, run: | ||
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+ | apt-get install e2fsprogs | ||
+ | umount /media/mmc1 | ||
umount /media/mmc2 | umount /media/mmc2 | ||
sfdisk /dev/mmcblk0 << EOF | sfdisk /dev/mmcblk0 << EOF | ||
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EOF | EOF | ||
- | '''** Note **''' "<< EOF" | + | '''** Note **''' "<< EOF" and "EOF" are NOT required text, blank lines are being entered to sfdisk's prompts for partition parameters. Keep pressing the Enter key until sfdisk has finished prompting for the partitions, then you will need to enter "y" to confirm you want to actually write the changes to the card. |
This example will create two partitions in a 1GB flash card: the first one is FAT16 (that's what number 6 means), and the second one is the default Linux native partition (83). If you are using a card larger than 2GB, use "c" (FAT32 LBA) instead of "6". The size of the first one is almost 480MB (that's the meaning of the 15000), and the second one is sized till the end of the card (that's what ,, means). Partitions three and four are empty. | This example will create two partitions in a 1GB flash card: the first one is FAT16 (that's what number 6 means), and the second one is the default Linux native partition (83). If you are using a card larger than 2GB, use "c" (FAT32 LBA) instead of "6". The size of the first one is almost 480MB (that's the meaning of the 15000), and the second one is sized till the end of the card (that's what ,, means). Partitions three and four are empty. |
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