Brad, Brad Fritz wrote: > I will note this in the instructions. Do you know if partitioning > and formatting a DFORMAT 5.x formatted DoC with fdisk/mkfs makes > any difference? Will using GRUB eliminate this issue?
No -- the DFORMAT program is actually doing something called a "NFTL format", which is different than the normal partitioning and formatting. This can be thought of as a low-level format, related to the nand flash chips used on the DoC. Using GRUB doesn't make any difference -- in fact, the instructions for putting Grub on the DoC are more complicated than necessary because of this problem. > Actually, the same partition is mounted twice like this: > > mount /dev/nftla1 /mnt/doc1 > mount /dev/nftla1 /mnt/doc2 > > If you are able to test that scenario with newer drivers than are > included with 2.4.18, I would like to hear what happens. Can you > also tell me what version of the the modules you're using. With unmodified modules from 2.4.19, I can mount the DoC twice, read and write to either mount point, and everything seems fine. I believe that nftlcore.c is newer than the version included in 2.4.18. I've been using nftlmount.c (1.28) and nftlcore.c (1.86) to make things work with the 5.X dformat. These versions are even newer than the ones in 2.4.19. > It appears the linux-mtd archives are unavailable right now. At > the least I will add a link for the curious as a footnote in my > instructions. If I can make time to try it out, I will > incorporate the GRUB instructions into optional steps in the > DocBook instructions. > > Thanks again, Mark. Thank you, Brad. I've been wanting to put Bering on a DoC for awhile now, your instructions certainly made it easier. Mark ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net emial is sponsored by: Influence the future of Java(TM) technology. Join the Java Community Process(SM) (JCP(SM)) program now. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;4699841;7576301;v?http://www.sun.com/javavote _______________________________________________ leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
