Capacity of the microSD slot on the XM?

I have tried 16GB and 32GB cards with Ubuntu and as I'm trying to add packages, along the way I see a message that says I can't write to the card.
When fdisk is run it then complains that there are journal errors on the ext4 partition.
It looks like either a capacity problem with the writer or the XM slot.
Of course the 4GB card with the XM is not large enough for the packages I need.
Regards
Sid.

I use 16 Gig SD on BB C4 fine with Ubuntu

— On Wed, 3/23/11, Sid Boyce sboyce@blueyonder.co.uk wrote:


> From: Sid Boyce sboyce@blueyonder.co.uk
> Subject: [beagleboard] Capacity of the microSD slot on the XM?
> To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com
> Date: Wednesday, March 23, 2011, 8:59 PM
>
> I have tried 16GB and 32GB cards with Ubuntu and as I’m trying to add packages, along the way I see a message that says I can’t write to the card.
> When fdisk is run it then complains that there are journal errors on the ext4 partition.
> It looks like either a capacity problem with the writer or the XM slot.
> Of course the 4GB card with the XM is not large enough for the packages I need.
> Regards
> Sid.
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I believe you want to use ext2 for an sd card. Makes 'em last a
little longer. Less writes without the journal.

That still may not make your problems go away though.

key word 'little'.. so unless your continuously reading/writing data
where the journal doesn't make sense, you should use ext3 with
noatime.. :slight_smile:

http://thunk.org/tytso/blog/2009/03/01/ssds-journaling-and-noatimerelatime/

Regards,

Thanks for the link Robert. There was a comment made after the
article that hinted ext4 might have a cache scheme that is designed
specifically for SD cards. I see you recommend ext3 so I will heed
your advice. Just curious.

I used a 16GB SD card with my C3, but for the -XM I'm using microSD cards.
At first I had a successful ext4 build but ran into "Cannot write to" errors part way through aptitude full-upgrade and adding quite a number of packages. Since then
Same errors as below for ext3 and ext4 while starting again.
I suppose it's possible the card reader has failed. I'm trying to locate a new reader with a 32GB microSD card included.

root@sdrbox:/usr/src/ubuntu-natty-alpha3-r0-minimal-armel# ./setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdd --uboot beagle --rootfs ext2 --swap_file 1000 --debug

I see...
sfdisk -l:
Disk /dev/sda: 19457 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track
Disk /dev/sdd: 32000 cylinders, 64 heads, 32 sectors/track

mount:
/dev/sda1 on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro,commit=0)

Are you 100% sure, on selecting [/dev/sdd] (y/n)? y

1 / 9: Downloading X-loader and Uboot
2011-03-24 09:54:10 URL:http://rcn-ee.net/deb/tools/latest/bootloader [1359/1359] -> "/tmp/tmp.KGnPUGFc9v/dl/bootloader" [1]
2011-03-24 09:54:11 URL:http://rcn-ee.net/deb/tools/MLO/MLO-beagleboard-1.44+r21+gitr24b8b7f41a83540433024854736518876257672c-r21 [23764/23764] -> "/tmp/tmp.KGnPUGFc9v/dl/MLO-beagleboard-1.44+r21+gitr24b8b7f41a83540433024854736518876257672c-r21" [1]
2011-03-24 09:54:13 URL:http://rcn-ee.net/deb/tools/UBOOT/u-boot-beagleboard-2010.03+r72+gitrca6e1c136ddb720c3bb2cc043b99f7f06bc46c55-r72.bin [209988/209988] -> "/tmp/tmp.KGnPUGFc9v/dl/u-boot-beagleboard-2010.03+r72+gitrca6e1c136ddb720c3bb2cc043b99f7f06bc46c55-r72.bin" [1]

2 / 9: Unmountting Partitions

3 / 9: Creating Boot Partition

WARNING: DOS-compatible mode is deprecated. It's strongly recommended to
          switch off the mode (command 'c') and change display units to
          sectors (command 'u').

Command (m for help): Command action
    e extended
    p primary partition (1-4)
Partition number (1-4): First cylinder (1-32000, default 1): Last cylinder, +cylinders or +size{K,M,G} (1-32000, default 32000):
Command (m for help): Selected partition 1
Hex code (type L to list codes): Changed system type of partition 1 to e (W95 FAT16 (LBA))

Command (m for help):
Disk /dev/sdd: 33.6 GB, 33554432000 bytes
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 32000 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00027a61

    Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdd1 1 65 66544 e W95 FAT16 (LBA)

Command (m for help): The partition table has been altered!

Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.

WARNING: If you have created or modified any DOS 6.x
partitions, please see the fdisk manual page for additional
information.
Syncing disks.

4 / 9: Creating ext2 Partition

5 / 9: Formatting Boot Partition
mkfs.vfat 3.0.9 (31 Jan 2010)

6 / 9: Formatting ext2 Partition
mke2fs 1.41.14 (22-Dec-2010)
Filesystem label=rootfs
OS type: Linux
Block size=4096 (log=2)
Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks
2044000 inodes, 8175360 blocks
408768 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=0
Maximum filesystem blocks=4294967296
250 block groups
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
8176 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
         32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,
         4096000, 7962624

Writing inode tables: done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

This filesystem will be automatically checked every 34 mounts or
180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.

7 / 9: Populating Boot Partition
`/tmp/tmp.KGnPUGFc9v/dl/MLO-beagleboard-1.44+r21+gitr24b8b7f41a83540433024854736518876257672c-r21' -> `/tmp/tmp.KGnPUGFc9v/disk/MLO'
`/tmp/tmp.KGnPUGFc9v/dl/u-boot-beagleboard-2010.03+r72+gitrca6e1c136ddb720c3bb2cc043b99f7f06bc46c55-r72.bin' -> `/tmp/tmp.KGnPUGFc9v/disk/u-boot.bin'
uImage
Image Name: 2.6.37.2-x3
Created: Thu Mar 24 09:57:48 2011
Image Type: ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
Data Size: 4261220 Bytes = 4161.35 kB = 4.06 MB
Load Address: 80008000
Entry Point: 80008000
uInitrd
Image Name: initramfs
Created: Thu Mar 24 09:57:49 2011
Image Type: ARM Linux RAMDisk Image (uncompressed)
Data Size: 3659054 Bytes = 3573.29 kB = 3.49 MB
Load Address: 00000000
Entry Point: 00000000
Image Name: Boot Script
Created: Thu Mar 24 09:57:50 2011
Image Type: ARM Linux Script (uncompressed)
Data Size: 382 Bytes = 0.37 kB = 0.00 MB
Load Address: 00000000
Entry Point: 00000000
Contents:
    Image 0: 374 Bytes = 0.37 kB = 0.00 MB
Image Name: Reset Nand
Created: Thu Mar 24 09:57:50 2011
Image Type: ARM Linux Script (uncompressed)
Data Size: 382 Bytes = 0.37 kB = 0.00 MB
Load Address: 00000000
Entry Point: 00000000
Contents:
    Image 0: 374 Bytes = 0.37 kB = 0.00 MB
`/tmp/readme.txt' -> `/tmp/tmp.KGnPUGFc9v/disk/tools/readme.txt'
`/tmp/update_boot_files.sh' -> `/tmp/tmp.KGnPUGFc9v/disk/tools/update_boot_files.sh'
`/tmp/fix_zippy2.sh' -> `/tmp/tmp.KGnPUGFc9v/disk/tools/fix_zippy2.sh'
`/tmp/latest_kernel.sh' -> `/tmp/tmp.KGnPUGFc9v/disk/tools/latest_kernel.sh'
`/tmp/minimal_xfce.sh' -> `/tmp/tmp.KGnPUGFc9v/disk/tools/minimal_xfce.sh'
`/tmp/get_chrome.sh' -> `/tmp/tmp.KGnPUGFc9v/disk/tools/get_chrome.sh'
`/tmp/dsp-init' -> `/tmp/tmp.KGnPUGFc9v/disk/tools/dsp/dsp-init'
`/tmp/install-dsp-init.sh' -> `/tmp/tmp.KGnPUGFc9v/disk/tools/dsp/install-dsp-init.sh'
`/tmp/install-gst-dsp.sh' -> `/tmp/tmp.KGnPUGFc9v/disk/tools/dsp/install-gst-dsp.sh'

Finished populating Boot Partition

8 / 9: Populating rootfs Partition
Be patient, this may take a few minutes
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tar: ./var/lib/dpkg/triggers/cleanup-pkgprepare-updates: Cannot open: No such file or directory
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tar: ./var/lib/dpkg/info/armel/iproute.md5sums: Cannot open: No such file or directory
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tar: ./etc/rc6.d/S60umountroot: Cannot create symlink to `../init.d/umountroot': Invalid argument
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tar: ./etc/rc6.d/S30urandom: Cannot create symlink to `../init.d/urandom': Invalid argument
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tar: ./etc/ifplugd/action.d/action_wpa: Cannot create symlink to `../../wpa_supplicant/action_wpa.sh': Invalid argument
tar: ./etc/init.d/udev: Cannot create symlink to `/lib/init/upstart-job': Invalid argument
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tar: ./etc/init.d/plymouth-upstart-bridge: Cannot create symlink to `/lib/init/upstart-job': Invalid argument
tar: ./etc/init.d/udev-finish: Cannot create symlink to `/lib/init/upstart-job': Invalid argument
tar: ./etc/init.d/plymouth: Cannot create symlink to `/lib/init/upstart-job': Invalid argument
tar: ./etc/init.d/plymouth-log: Cannot create symlink to `/lib/init/upstart-job': Invalid argument
tar: ./etc/init.d/hwclock-save: Cannot create symlink to `/lib/init/upstart-job': Invalid argument
tar: ./etc/init.d/plymouth-splash: Cannot create symlink to `/lib/init/upstart-job': Invalid argument
tar: ./etc/init.d/console-setup: Cannot create symlink to `/lib/init/upstart-job': Invalid argument
tar: ./etc/init.d/procps: Cannot create symlink to `/lib/init/upstart-job': Invalid argument
tar: ./etc/init.d/plymouth-stop: Cannot create symlink to `/lib/init/upstart-job': Invalid argument
tar: ./etc/init.d/udevtrigger: Cannot create symlink to `/lib/init/upstart-job': Invalid argument

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tar: ./etc/alternatives/pico.1.gz: Cannot create symlink to `/usr/share/man/man1/nano.1.gz': Invalid argument
tar: ./etc/alternatives/rename.1.gz: Cannot create symlink to `/usr/share/man/man1/prename.1.gz': Invalid argument
tar: ./etc/alternatives/pager: Cannot create symlink to `/bin/less': Invalid argument
tar: ./etc/alternatives/pico: Cannot create symlink to `/bin/nano': Invalid argument
tar: ./etc/alternatives/ex: Cannot create symlink to `/usr/bin/vim.tiny': Invalid argument
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tar: ./etc/motd: Cannot create symlink to `/var/run/motd': Invalid argument
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tar: ./etc/rc5.d/S99rc.local: Cannot create symlink to `../init.d/rc.local': Invalid argument
tar: ./etc/rc5.d/S99ondemand: Cannot create symlink to `../init.d/ondemand': Invalid argument
tar: ./etc/blkid.tab: Cannot create symlink to `/dev/.blkid.tab': Invalid argument
tar: ./etc/rc0.d/S60umountroot: Cannot create symlink to `../init.d/umountroot': Invalid argument
tar: ./etc/rc0.d/S90halt: Cannot create symlink to `../init.d/halt': Invalid argument
tar: ./etc/rc0.d/S31umountnfs.sh: Cannot create symlink to `../init.d/umountnfs.sh': Invalid argument
tar: ./etc/rc0.d/S40umountfs: Cannot create symlink to `../init.d/umountfs': Invalid argument
tar: ./etc/rc0.d/S30urandom: Cannot create symlink to `../init.d/urandom': Invalid argument
tar: ./etc/rc0.d/S35networking: Cannot create symlink to `../init.d/networking': Invalid argument
tar: ./etc/rc0.d/S20sendsigs: Cannot create symlink to `../init.d/sendsigs': Invalid argument
tar: ./etc/rc1.d/S30killprocs: Cannot create symlink to `../init.d/killprocs': Invalid argument
tar: ./etc/rc1.d/S90single: Cannot create symlink to `../init.d/single': Invalid argument
tar: ./etc/network/if-post-down.d/wpasupplicant: Cannot create symlink to `../../wpa_supplicant/ifupdown.sh': Invalid argument
tar: ./etc/network/if-up.d/wpasupplicant: Cannot create symlink to `../../wpa_supplicant/ifupdown.sh': Invalid argument
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tar: ./etc/rcS.d/S55urandom: Cannot create symlink to `../init.d/urandom': Invalid argument
tar: ./etc/nologin: Cannot create symlink to `/var/lib/initscripts/nologin': Invalid argument
tar: ./usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/configobj-4.7.2.egg-info/PKG-INFO: Cannot unlink: No such file or directory
tar: ./usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/configobj-4.7.2.egg-info/dependency_links.txt: Cannot unlink: No such file or directory
tar: ./usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/configobj-4.7.2.egg-info/SOURCES.txt: Cannot unlink: No such file or directory
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tar: ./usr/lib/ConsoleKit/run-seat.d/udev-acl.ck: Cannot unlink: No such file or directory
tar: ./usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
root@sdrbox:/usr/src/ubuntu-natty-alpha3-r0-minimal-armel#
Regards
Sid.

Humm weird, as this just tar wraped around pv..

https://github.com/RobertCNelson/omap-image-builder/blob/master/tools/setup_sdcard.sh#L825

Does only ext2 cause this?

Regards,

I got a new card reader and that fixed the problem for the 16GB card, but the 32GB card still gets errors, so some readers appear to be limited.
Regards
Sid.