Formatting JFFS2 Flash

[Jim Lewis]

Did you remember to erase the flash first with:
	erase /dev/mtd0
Then "xxd /dev/mtd0" should show all FF's. You can't write
successfully unless it is erased first. Forgive me if I am stating the
obvious :)

-Jim Lewis

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-linuxppc-embedded at lists.linuxppc.org
> [mailto:owner-linuxppc-embedded at lists.linuxppc.org]On Behalf Of
> Billalabeitia, Jose Carlos (IndSys, GEPM)
> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 2:34 AM
> To: linuxppc-embedded at lists.linuxppc.org
> Subject: Re: Formatting JFFS2 Flash
>
>
>
> Hi Alex:
>
> First of all, thank you for your answer. You wrote:
>
> > Did you initialise the FS with
> > cat jffs2.image > /dev/mtd0
> > before you tried to mount /mtdblock0 ?
>
> 	I tried it in two ways, and in both of them
> I got the same result:
>
> 	1.- By flashing "jffs2.image" directly to
> 	    its location address.
>
> 	2.- cp jffs2.image /dev/mtd0
>
> and then mounting it into the system.
>
> > Did you use an empty directory with mkfs.jffs2
> > to make your jffs2.image?  This doesn't work
> > - you end up with a 0 length jffs2.image!
>
> 	No, the directory is not empty.
>
> 					Thank you
> 						Billa
>
>


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