Thanks, Mark. No, the cards are writeable. As noted earlier, the 128MB card worked until the system rebooted following a backup restore and I had copied the backup data onto the 128MB card from data copied from the 2GB card (which I copied over to my Vista system). Boy, that was a mouthful. :-)
I am seriously considering reflashing. What's the worse that can happen - I spend a few more hours re-installing software... Nick. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 09:32 To: maemo-users@maemo.org Subject: Re: Memory card recognization issue in OS2008 On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 7:49 AM, Dr. Nicholas Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Morning, Eero, > > I tried reformatting in the device (a few times) - no go. If I plug any of > the cards into a card reader, Windows can see the data and I was able to > copy the data to Windows prior to attempting reformat. After attempting > reformat, Windows can still see the data. BTW - I tried a 128MB card and it > worked, for a while. I did a restore of bookmarks and GPE data and the N800 > did an automatic restart. After that - can't see the 128MB card either. > Fortunately I was able to copy the backup files to the 128 card and get the > restore going. > > So I've tried three cards - 2 2GB cards and 1 128MB card. The 128MB card > worked until a reboot now it doesn't. Since the cards worked fine for the > backup I did before installing 2008 and the 128 worked after, I'm assuming > this is related to 2008. I'll be submitting a bug report this morning. > > When the cards are selected, the error is: > > "Memory card is incorrectly formatted or corrupted. Device can try to > restore files by repairing the card." Selecting "Repair" has no effect. > > Running dmesg produces: > > USB hub found > 1 port detected > Standalone hub > Individual port power switching > No over-current protection > -----------------*****------------------ > Mmcblk1: error 1 transferring data > End request: I/O error, dev mmcblk1, sector 133 > Printk: 181 messages suppressed. > Buffer I/O error on device mmcblklp1, logical block 0 > End request: I/O error, dev mmcblk1, sector 134 (continues through > sector 164) > Buffer I/O error on device mmcblklp1, logical block 1 > FAT: unable to read boot sector > mmci-omap mmci-omap.1: command timeout > mmcblk1: error 1 sending read/write command > EXT3-fs: unable to read superblock > Cx3110x: scanned 11 channels. > mmci-omap mmci-omap.1: command timeout (CMD18) > mmcblk1: error 1 sending read/write command > ... > > I've attached the complete dmesg file for your review. > > Lastly, no, Windows cannot see the cards when they are in the device and the > device is connected via USB to the computer. But if I remove the cards, > they are visible as is their data. > > I've also noticed that xterm has an interesting bug - when you try to close > it with a control-D, it hangs and never goes away until you restart the > device. I'll check to see if there's a bug report on that. It's nice that > xterm is included; however, it's a bit different than the downloaded xterm I > used under 2007. > > I sent the dmesg.output file to me using the 2008 mail client and the e-mail > went; however, like xterm, it didn't close so I have two programs that won't > close. Time for a shutdown. :-) > Thanks, > > Nick. > I would try reflashing the OS, in case your last flash got corrupted. If that doesn't work, it's not sounding promising for the hardware. You have made sure that the little write-protect switches on the cards are in the unlocked position, right? Some readers ignore those switches, though, and I had one reader that malfunctioned and always reported the card was write-protected when it wasn't. I thought the card itself was toast, but I got a new reader and the card worked fine thereafter. I hope the same thing hasn't happened to your Nokia. Mark _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users