Ah, I did not know it is a camera with INTERNAL HDD. Yes makes perfect sense. All my comments assumed it is an external HDD connected via SATA port.
Regards Sebastian On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 17:16, Andrey Filippov <[email protected]> wrote: > Sebastian, > > 4096 byte blocks are not the problem in the 353 cameras - they all now have > this block size. Please see our Development Blog post on that matter: > http://blog.elphel.com/2010/11/elphel-cameras-and-4096-4k-sector-drives/ > > And the disk was correctly formatted and tested _in the camera_ (not in the > external computer) - it is not a good idea to try to remove it - the flex > cable is not so easy to handle if you do not have such experience already. I > believe Carlos should continue to follow Oleg's instructions - it was he who > formatted and tested the HDD in the camera > > Andrey > > On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 8:48 AM, Sebastian Pichelhofer > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 16:44, Carlos Padial <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> OK so do I understand this correctly that the new 4K block size of >> >> newer harddisks is the problem: >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_sector ? >> > >> > dont know, but this you say remember me something readed about this >> > digging in the list archive. But i dont fully understand if it was the >> > same case. it was about using ext3... and my disk was formated as >> > ext2... (i believe) >> > >> >> Since the embedded linux in the 353 camera is already several years >> >> old it could well be the case that it has problems with 4K sectors. >> > >> >> Carlos, one idea: Could you prepare the HDD and the partition tables >> >> on a PC and then see if the camera can talk to it nicely. >> > i am afraid i dont have this kind of conexion for this, i will look >> > for an adapter... >> > what kind of hardware i need for this? >> >> The SATA port on the camera is the very same connector as in any normal >> PC. >> If you only have a laptop you can use any external HDD (eg. USB2) >> enclosure. >> >> Regards Sebastian >> >> > >> >> I do think we should put a notice on the wiki about the 4K sector >> >> problem once we have a full understanding, and probably recommend >> >> customers to not use/or use with caution 4K HDDs for now. >> > >> > Yes, i think this shoud be done. But i have not full understanding of >> > the problem yet. >> > >> > So there is no other way? >> > >> > Thanks oleg and sebastian for your support. >> > >> >> Regards Sebastian >> >> >> >> On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 14:28, Carlos Padial <[email protected]> >> >> wrote: >> >>> Thanks to oleg who kindly help me a lot yesterday, we have narrow down >> >>> the problem to this one: >> >>> >> >>> # fdisk -l >> >>> >> >>> Note: sector size is 4096 (not 512) >> >>> >> >>> Disk /dev/hda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes >> >>> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1824 cylinders >> >>> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 4096 = 65802240 bytes >> >>> >> >>> Disk /dev/hda doesn't contain a valid partition table >> >>> >> >>> So i need to make a new partition table. >> >>> I found about fix tables with cfdisk but seems its not installed >> >>> With the -o option in fdisk the changes seems not to be applied at >> >>> all... >> >>> >> >>> someone knows how to proceed? >> >>> >> >>> best regards. >> >>> -- >> >>> Carlos Padial >> >>> surreal.asturnazari.es >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Carlos Padial >> > surreal.asturnazari.es >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Support-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://support.elphel.com/mailman/listinfo/support-list_support.elphel.com > > _______________________________________________ Support-list mailing list [email protected] http://support.elphel.com/mailman/listinfo/support-list_support.elphel.com
