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