From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from neutrino1.hep.caltech.edu ([131.215.126.112] helo=neutrino2.hep.caltech.edu) by pentafluge.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 17XO0r-0007z7-00 for ; Wed, 24 Jul 2002 16:25:17 +0100 Received: (from root@localhost) by neutrino2.hep.caltech.edu (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g6OFPFa09273 for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Wed, 24 Jul 2002 08:25:15 -0700 Received: from heppc22.hep.caltech.edu (heppc22.hep.caltech.edu [131.215.126.114]) by neutrino2.hep.caltech.edu (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g6OFPFV09266 for ; Wed, 24 Jul 2002 08:25:15 -0700 Subject: Re: MTD/DOC2000 question From: Conrad Steenberg To: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org In-Reply-To: <1027488370.4105.7.camel@Tafelberg> References: <1027488370.4105.7.camel@Tafelberg> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: 24 Jul 2002 15:25:10 -0700 Message-Id: <1027549510.3366.9.camel@heppc22.cithep.caltech.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi OK, let me reply to myself, since others have asked this question on various lists, but the answer never seems to get posted :-) To get the DOC to work if you get the below messages while creating a filesystem, do the following: 1. nftl_format /dev/nftla 2. Reboot the device so that the bad "blocks" marked in the above process are detected. 3. fdisk /dev/nftla and create the partitions you want 4. Reboot again so that the partitions can be properly detected (in the old days exiting fdisk used to warn that this needs to be done) 5. Create the filesystem using mkfs.jffs2, mke2fs etc. Cheers! Conrad On Tue, 2002-07-23 at 22:26, Conrad Steenberg wrote: > Hi > > I'm trying to create a filesystem on a 72M DOC2000 (Netier XL1000), and > get up to creating a partition (/dev/nftla1). This is with Bering-rc3. > > When I try mke2fs /dev/nftla1, the following gets reported: > > NFTL_writeblock(): Cannot find block to write to > end_request; I/O error, dev 5d:01 (unknown) sector XXXXX > Argh! No free blocks found LastFreeEUN = 4603, FirstEUN = 3 > No Virtual Unit Chains available for folding. Failing request > > The device was formatted with nftl_format first. > > Any ideas? > > Cheers! > > Conrad > > > > ______________________________________________________ > Linux MTD discussion mailing list > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-mtd/ -- *-----------------------------------------* | Conrad Steenberg | | Caltech, Mail Code 356-48 | | Pasadena, CA, 91125 | | e-mail: conrad@hep.caltech.edu | | Tel: (626) 395-8758 | *-----------------------------------------*