From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail08.webhosting-verizon.net ([209.238.3.57] helo=mail05a.webhosting-verizon.net) by pentafluge.infradead.org with smtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 16rm0S-0000bx-00 for ; Sun, 31 Mar 2002 21:32:52 +0100 Received: from www.forcedpotato.com (168.143.87.180) by mail08.gte-hosting.net (RS ver 1.0.60s) with SMTP id 168470789 for ; Sun, 31 Mar 2002 15:32:47 -0500 (EST) From: "David Cooper" To: "Linux MTD" Subject: MTD Always Formats Blocks on Startup Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 15:41:46 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: I'm trying to put together an embedded Linux system using a DOC 2000 as the boot device. So far I have managed to re-compile my 2.4.2 kernel so as to recognise the DOC and allow me to setup partitions and install an ext2 filesystem. The problem now is that upon loading the DOC and NFTL drivers the system goes into a lengthy process of "formatting blocks". Typical messages on startup are as follows: ... ... ... Formatting block 5321 _DOC_WaitReady called for out-of-line wait _DOC_WaitReady called for out-of-line wait Formatting block 5322 _DOC_WaitReady called for out-of-line wait _DOC_WaitReady called for out-of-line wait Formatting block 5323 ... ... ... This adds a good 2 minutes or so to my boot process as well as worrying the living daylights out of me. Despite this drama my partitions and ext2 filesystem seem to remain intact. Any ideas? Cheers, David Cooper