From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] can i in u-boot partition a device and format it in fat ?
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:07:19 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130130150719.B5A9E200108@gemini.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <EADA2943BAC14C4AB625A3550A3BE9800966D80DBE@SI-MBX04.de.bosch.com>
Dear "Altunbas Sabri (DC-IA/EAH2)",
In message <EADA2943BAC14C4AB625A3550A3BE9800966D80DBE@SI-MBX04.de.bosch.com> you wrote:
>
> i had a look at the u-boot cmd's. I can read/write a file from/to a dos par
> tition but I didn't find a command for partitioning and formatting a device.
No, you cannot (at least not unless you are willing to manually build
the boot sector using "mw" commands and then writing it to the
drive). Boot an OS for this purpose...
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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2013-01-30 13:09 [U-Boot] can i in u-boot partition a device and format it in fat ? Altunbas Sabri
2013-01-30 15:07 ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]
2013-02-18 8:32 ` Lukasz Majewski
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