hi, i am new to bb-xm. I am trying to Format the SD card via fdisk "Expert mode". but when i am creating partitions in place of cylinders i am getting sectors and later while forming 2nd partition its showing ,the device apparently does not exist.
Command (m for help): n Partition type: p primary (0 primary, 0 extended, 4 free) e extended Select (default p): p Partition number (1-4, default 1): 1 First sector (2048-7626751, default 2048): Using default value 2048 Last sector, +sectors or +size{K,M,G} (2048-7626751, default 7626751): 4096 Command (m for help): t Selected partition 1 Hex code (type L to list codes): c Changed system type of partition 1 to c (W95 FAT32 (LBA)) Command (m for help): a Partition number (1-4): 1 Command (m for help): n Partition type: p primary (1 primary, 0 extended, 3 free) e extended Select (default p): p Partition number (1-4, default 2): 2 First sector (4097-7626751, default 4097): Using default value 4097 Last sector, +sectors or +size{K,M,G} (4097-7626751, default 7626751): Using default value 7626751 Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sdb: 3904 MB, 3904897024 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 474 cylinders, total 7626752 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0xe8320c48 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 * 2048 4096 1024+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/sdb2 4097 7626751 3811327+ 83 Linux Command (m for help): w The partition table has been altered! Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table. WARNING: Re-reading the partition table failed with error 16: Device or resource busy. The kernel still uses the old table. The new table will be used at the next reboot or after you run partprobe(8) or kpartx(8) WARNING: If you have created or modified any DOS 6.x partitions, please see the fdisk manual page for additional information. Syncing disks. anupama@anupama-VirtualBox:~$ sudo mkfs.msdos -F 32 /dev/sdb1 -n LABEL mkfs.msdos 3.0.12 (29 Oct 2011) mkfs.msdos: /dev/sdb1 contains a mounted file system. anupama@anupama-VirtualBox:~$ sudo mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdb2 mke2fs 1.42 (29-Nov-2011) Could not stat /dev/sdb2 --- No such file or directory -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.