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Hey all. I was wondering how to format/create my sdcard with 2 partitions one fat32 the other ext2 on a mac. I used the search engine but cannot find anything.
I'm not a terminal noob but I can't figure out how to format/create the 2 partitions. I need help because I want to move my data from the g1 to the sdcard.
Thanks!
Install this http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2fsx/ and then reboot and use the Disk Utility in /Applications/Utilities/
this will not format a ext2 partition, it only allows you to mount it, your best bet is to d/l GPARTED or of you have windows in parallels use Paragon Partition Manager... this will not work if your windows is in a bootcamp partition, the other option is to use a pc (sadly hu?)
If it helps, I actually used an ubuntu live cd and installed gparted while booted to the cd... of course, i had already made the sdcard fat32 in windows but gparted allowed me to resize and format the remainder in ext2.
I've used the ext2fsx tool to partition my SD card on my mac. I don't think I had any extra software installed, and I just used the Disk Utility...
I'm also having trouble creating a valid partition. I'm using gparted on an ubuntu live cd but the sdcard doesnt like being messed with.
What disklabel are you using? [Loop / msdos / bsd etc]?
I think i've tried every combination and haven't gotten anywhere.
Also, i've read that the card class makes a difference, is this right or does it only effect the speed of data transfer?
Any help would be much appreciated!!
.//Yamthief
after tryin to partition my sd, it went throught the steps then at the end it said restart needed, and after it restarted it started up in this safe mode type screen before vista loaded and said some error....did it partition the card? because when i look at properties of card it only says i have free space that is size of fat32....that i left...cant see if it made ext2
caleoss said:
after tryin to partition my sd, it went throught the steps then at the end it said restart needed, and after it restarted it started up in this safe mode type screen before vista loaded and said some error....did it partition the card? because when i look at properties of card it only says i have free space that is size of fat32....that i left...cant see if it made ext2
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Windows cannot see ext2 partition. your best but is to open partition manager or use a linux distro to see it.
i wish Paragon didn't exist, i have seen so many problems people have been having trying to use Paragon. if everyone just downloaded a linux distro it would work perfectly every time and we wouldn't have 15 threads about Paragon problems
tubaking182 said:
i wish Paragon didn't exist, i have seen so many problems people have been having trying to use Paragon. if everyone just downloaded a linux distro it would work perfectly every time and we wouldn't have 15 threads about Paragon problems
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i cant use that on windows vista can i?
download a linux distro and burn to a disk, then shut down your comp and reboot to the disk. then when you boot to linux click System>Administation>Partition editor. it's easier then trying to use paragon
tubaking182 said:
download a linux distro and burn to a disk, then shut down your comp and reboot to the disk. then when you boot to linux click System>Administation>Partition editor. it's easier then trying to use paragon
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i have no idea how to use that, where do i get it from, i have eclipse on my comp but dont think that has anything to do with this
nope go here i have a step by step. i will be adding screenshots, but i didn't have a chance today as i was trying to meet up with some guy to buy my phone(tilt)
Your best bet is to start clean. Delete all the partitions so your entire sd card is "unallocated space".
Create a new partition for Fat32. Don't use all free space (Duh)
Create another partition for ext3 (use ext2 if your rom doesn't support ext3 yet). Just use all the remaining space
Windows cannot see the ext partition but if you want to see the amount of space used just open up paragon partition manager and it will tell you.
I dont know if you fixed the problem yet, but I think I have a solution for you.
If you're trying to do this using the phone to mount the sd card, it won't work when it boots up to that safe mode looking window, because the g1 won't stay mounted. You need to use a card reader, there's no other way around it that I've been able to find.
Also if you're using 64bit edition of windows vista, paragon has tons of problems. If that's the case, you need to create the recovery cd within paragon, then boot to it, and you'll be able to make all the changes there, using a card reader of course.
To check if it made the partition, just have the sd card connected to the computer (g1 will work for this) then open up paragon and open the partition manager, and where you're sd card is there would be another partition, right next to your fat32 partition. If its ext2 format it would be highlighted yellow.
PPM9 works just fine, you just have to keep remounting the SDCard when Windows reboots. I've had it dismount during the boot too, you just have to watch your phone screen and remount it if it unmounts.
Hi guys. sorry if im being ignorant but i cant seen to find a proper guide on how to partition my class 6 sd card correctly.
i have rav1.2.0g recovery image which alows me to partition the card 3 ways but it doesnt seem to be right. is the card after partitioning meant to be assigned different drive letters? or is it only meant to show as one complete partition. also, do i partition after flash or before?
sound like an idiot but id like to be sure what im doing
any help appreciated. thanks
bump!! no takers?
in rav 1.2.0g, all you would have to do is select from the two format options in the image... you can either select from fat32 + ext + swap for apps2sd, or just plain fat32 if you do not want to utilize apps2sd (some roms do not support installing without apps2sd)...
i can verify that it works just fine for both format options...
If you're using Windows, you will still only see one drive and it will probably still have the same drive letter.
2 of the 3 partitions are formatted in a format Windows does not understand (ext3 and Linux swap) so it does not present them in Windows Explorer. If you use some sort of partition editing program you will be able to verify the partitions exist and are the right size etc. If you've used amon_ra's recovery tool to partition your SD card you should be OK, it's what I used and it worked perfectly for me.
using haret and the wing linux kernel an openmoko image boot on opal!!
i find all on open-nandra web site
but using an ext2 partition don't boot
you must make an ext3 partition
thanks a lot to marek(open nandra) and the wing linux team
how to:
Your SD card should have 2 partitions:
- fat
- ext3
extract the attached haret.7z to FAT partition of SD card
extract rootfs to ext3 partition
run haret.exe and wait some time (you should see angstrom splash screen)
do the screen calibration (if the phone freeze soft reset it relaunch haret)
now you are in openmoko
thanks to open-nandra and winglinux team
Hi... great news. Do you know what works with this OS in opal? Wifi, sound, etc ...?
I can't find, how to split sd cart to partitions! Did U get that?
thanks friend
here's a totarial for making the memory sd to 2 partitions
get this app to make ur sd, 2partitions:
MiniTool Partition Wizard Professional Edition 5.2
password is: " pirate.scar "
then see this video to understand how to work with that:
Video download link
in this step i used a linux os on pc because windows doesn't support ext format
if you couldn't past anything on ext format then format that part again in linux with EXT3 format
follow gp.triple totarial.....
enjoy
robertbins said:
Hi... great news. Do you know what works with this OS in opal? Wifi, sound, etc ...?
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illass said:
I can't find, how to split sd cart to partitions! Did U get that?
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Mr.zeus said:
thanks friend
did u test that? u mean that
kernel + haret : open-moko-kernel-wizard.tar.bz2
rootfs : openmoko-devel-image-glibc.rootfs.tar.bz2
work on opal?
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the function are the same of winglinux (no audo - no wifi - no bt - etc...) becouse the kernel is the same
for making a partition you can use a live cd of linux like ubuntu
and yes i test it on my opal and its work
for booting it you must keep the default txt and change the mtipe
and use the zimage of winglinux package
tomorrow i'll upload a zip whit haret default and zimage
My device do not see microSD after spliting it in two partitions! Fat and Ext3! Windows can see only fat partition! Linux see bouth (coz i creat them in linux)! need HELP!
illass said:
My device do not see microSD after spliting it in two partitions! Fat and Ext3! Windows can see only fat partition! Linux see bouth (coz i creat them in linux)! need HELP!
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hi change the partition order
the first in fat
and the second in ext3
windows see only the first partition in device
"hi change the partition order
the first in fat
and the second in ext3
windows see only the first partition in device "
Yes! But Opal don't see nothing!
illass said:
"hi change the partition order
the first in fat
and the second in ext3
windows see only the first partition in device "
Yes! But Opal don't see nothing!
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strange..a windows pc can see your fat partition?
Noup! i try all of wariations!
illass said:
Noup! i try all of wariations!
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if you can read the card from a pc (win o linux)
make a backup of your data and after try to format all the card to one fat partition
the card is ok? put the card into another device...
totarial for making sd to 2partitions and move files to ext3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10077739&postcount=4
see i created two partitions: FAT32 , EXT3
i extracted rootfs to ext3 but there was an eror that all files didn't extracted to sd
i also copied rootfs.tar to ext3
after runnig haret, in black screen the showed following eror:
Root-NFS: no NFS server available, giving up
...
VFS: cannot open root device "mmcb1KOP2' or unknown - blocked (2,0)
plz append a corect "root=" boot option ; here are the available partitions:
kernel panic - not syncing: VFS : unable tp mount roof fs unknown-blocked (2,0)
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Mistery!
did all that from the description! however, did not get it to life!
I create partitions with that mini tool. Copy all of that files what i need! Windows 7 can see fat partition and i can do with it what i want, but in my WinMob device HTC Touch Viva((opal) using Jogan2 EVO-B rom) sd card is invisible!
Linux see all of partitions.
Why Win7 see that card but WINMOB don't?
illass said:
did all that from the description! however, did not get it to life!
I create partitions with that mini tool. Copy all of that files what i need! Windows 7 can see fat partition and i can do with it what i want, but in my WinMob device HTC Touch Viva((opal) using Jogan2 EVO-B rom) sd card is invisible!
Linux see all of partitions.
Why Win7 see that card but WINMOB don't?
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gp is sleep
are u sure? actually i made fat32 & ext3
opal see fat32 .... maybe u should try fat32 not fat (anyway i think opal see fat)
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see i created two partitions: FAT32 , EXT3
i extracted rootfs to ext3 but there was an eror that all files didn't extracted to sd
i also copied rootfs.tar to ext3
after runnig haret, in black screen the showed following eror:
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i'm on holliday
you must unzip the file on the ext3 partition
try to download the file again
ok... i try to edit sd from Device not from reader!
But now when i run haret i have the same problem
Root-NFS: no NFS server available, giving up
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VFS: cannot open root device "mmcb1KOP2' or unknown - blocked (2,0)
plz append a corect "root=" boot option ; here are the available partitions:
kernel panic - not syncing: VFS : unable tp mount roof fs unknown-blocked (2,0)
?
Will try to reformat the partition and recopy files!
no...something is wrong in default.txt
i tried many texts but could't rin
haret cannot find "mmcb1KOP2"
maybi we need to give a correct name of partition! Or special label!
any new? g.triple can u see again what's the problem?
i also have extracting problem with 7.zip
I have tried all kinds of ways to partition my sd card to get data2ext to work on b 0.5.
- Partitioning through rom manager
- Partitioning through paragon partition manager (didn't even work)
- Manually partitioning by running commands through terminal emulator
I manage to get the linux swap and fat32 partition but no matter which method i tried, i just can't get the ext2 partition. On the emulator, it asked if my file system was an ext2 system.
By the way, i am using an 8gb sd card that came with Nokia 5800. Is this the cause of not being able to create the ext2 partition?
Easiest way I can think of is to use the live distro of Gparted.
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php
Awesome partitioning tool and has a gui anyone can follow.
E.E.
i just partioned my 8gb yesterday with paragon, no problems. what kind of problem did you have?
@eepunk I will try that later... i'll see if there is any solution in the current software(s) i have...
@haha123 the problem i'm facing is i cannot see the sd card when i click format partition... Maybe i'm doing it wrong. Here is how i do..
1. Plug my phone into USB and click Disk Drive
2. Open up Paragon Partition Manager 11 Personal
3. Click on Partition Manager on the left tabs and launch the partition manager
4. At the bottom, click on Basic Hard Disk (HTC Android Phone USB Device)
5. Click on Format Partition in the Disk View tab.
The problem is when i click format partition. It just shows the hard disk in my PC but not the HTC Android phone USB Device.
I even tried skipping the format partition to try creating a partition but i still cannot see the HTC Android Phone USB Device.
The Error i get is "The disk already contains four primary partitions. Basic hard disks can contain only four primary partitions, including extended one.
Eh...
Why not just boot into Clockwork and use the Partition menu
spicyjoe said:
@haha123 the problem i'm facing is i cannot see the sd card when i click format partition... Maybe i'm doing it wrong. Here is how i do..
1. Plug my phone into USB and click Disk Drive
2. Open up Paragon Partition Manager 11 Personal
3. Click on Partition Manager on the left tabs and launch the partition manager
4. At the bottom, click on Basic Hard Disk (HTC Android Phone USB Device)
5. Click on Format Partition in the Disk View tab.
The problem is when i click format partition. It just shows the hard disk in my PC but not the HTC Android phone USB Device.
I even tried skipping the format partition to try creating a partition but i still cannot see the HTC Android Phone USB Device.
The Error i get is "The disk already contains four primary partitions. Basic hard disks can contain only four primary partitions, including extended one.
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I followed this step by step guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=512873
I had the card formatted to fat32 (using windows) before partitioning, maybe you can try that?
pjgodd said:
Eh...
Why not just boot into Clockwork and use the Partition menu
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Hmmm, i was looking around in that menu but there isn't any saying create partition... just format and stuff... :S
@haha123 Hmmm, give that a try.... i've just downloaded the gparted software so will try that first...
EDIT: Given up all hope, i can't even get gparted to boot with USB...
Check the GUIDE...
Thanks blayo, i tried that and it crashed all the apps on my phone until i had to format my sd card and restore nandroid... hmmm... mysterious, but thanks, i'll let data2ext pass.... wouldn't want to brick my phone...
spicyjoe said:
Thanks blayo, i tried that and it crashed all the apps on my phone until i had to format my sd card and restore nandroid... hmmm... mysterious, but thanks, i'll let data2ext pass.... wouldn't want to brick my phone...
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Well, this is the formatting guide... what the hell did you expect? There are certain files on SD fat32 partition that some of apps use. If you unmount SD card and reformat it, those files are not available any more. Right?
Yeah true but even when i restore it doesn't work. Alright man, thanks for the guide anyways.