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you're trying to do this from a linux host, right?
- not uclinux! while it may be possible to format a cf card, from within uclinux, it's certainly not advisable.
things to check:
1. be sure that you're fdisking the correct device.
- scan the output of the 'dmesg' command to make sure that your cf card is being properly detected. you should see something like the following:
scsi device sdg: 3978240 512-byte hdwr sectors (2037 mb)
sdg: write protect is off
sdg: mode sense: 02 00 00 00
sdg: assuming drive cache: write through
scsi device sdg: 3978240 512-byte hdwr sectors (2037 mb)
sdg: write protect is off
sdg: mode sense: 02 00 00 00
sdg: assuming drive cache: write through
pay attention to the name of the device as that is how you'll access it. note: there is some amount of variation to the drive letter chosen, based upon boot order or when you connected your card reader.
2. be sure that you don't have some sort of media issue with the cf card. try formatting it from within windows....or from a digital camera...or whatever. you just want to make sure this is successful, before trying on linux, again.
- if successful, you should be able to "mount" the drive, on your linux host, and copy files onto it.
best of luck...
- slacker
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