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Offline cpcnw

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TCL+ cant see CF - Gparted can!
« on: September 22, 2012, 02:07:43 PM »
Yep, just booted off USB CD and gparted a CF card as ext2 - shows up as /dev/sda1 and I can mount it and read / write to it under gparted.

Next up TCL+ and no sign of /dev/sda1

Tried mounting all /dev/sdx available but its like it doesnt even exist?

What to try next?

Thanks!
« Last Edit: September 22, 2012, 02:09:49 PM by cpcnw »
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Offline gerald_clark

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Re: TCL+ cant see CF - Gparted can!
« Reply #1 on: September 22, 2012, 02:12:12 PM »
You need to create a filesystem on the partition before you can use it
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Offline cpcnw

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Re: TCL+ cant see CF - Gparted can!
« Reply #2 on: September 22, 2012, 02:43:29 PM »
Yup formated it to ext2 using gparted :)
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Re: TCL+ cant see CF - Gparted can!
« Reply #3 on: September 22, 2012, 03:43:10 PM »
You may need to use the waitusb=5 boot option.
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Offline cpcnw

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Re: TCL+ cant see CF - Gparted can!
« Reply #4 on: September 22, 2012, 04:38:45 PM »
pressed tab at menu and appended waitusb=10

this managed to get me into the gui this time [without this just cli]

however the installer shows no drives to install to?

Yet /dev/sda1 is detected and available in gparted?

Its a quirky bios on a 2005 DT166 thin client

Any suggestions?
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Re: TCL+ cant see CF - Gparted can!
« Reply #5 on: September 22, 2012, 04:40:13 PM »
Do you have a tce directory on that CF ?
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Offline cpcnw

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Re: TCL+ cant see CF - Gparted can!
« Reply #6 on: September 22, 2012, 04:59:31 PM »
No, was hoping to install to it from the gui ....

just loaded lshw and nothing shows up for the CF - its weird ...
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Offline curaga

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Re: TCL+ cant see CF - Gparted can!
« Reply #7 on: September 23, 2012, 01:54:50 AM »
You're not clear. Do you mean gparted the app, from TC, or gparted live, the distro?

If the latter, how is the CF connected?
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Re: TCL+ cant see CF - Gparted can!
« Reply #8 on: September 23, 2012, 04:29:55 AM »
Sorry - yes, gparted the live linux distro booted from CD - it sees the CF and parted it and formatted it fine.

The CF card is connected via a 44? pin convertor and cable

The box is this one ;

http://www.parkytowers.me.uk/thin/DT166/index.shtml
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Offline bmarkus

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Re: TCL+ cant see CF - Gparted can!
« Reply #9 on: September 23, 2012, 05:05:55 AM »
Most likely CF card is not partitioned
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Re: TCL+ cant see CF - Gparted can!
« Reply #10 on: September 23, 2012, 06:04:37 AM »
Not partitioned - Not sure what you mean?

gparted live cd created a ext2 primary partition and formatted it. I then logged in at console from gparted live cd, mounted it, created some files etc - all good :)
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Re: TCL+ cant see CF - Gparted can!
« Reply #11 on: September 23, 2012, 06:15:49 AM »
Can you share fdisk output?
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Re: TCL+ cant see CF - Gparted can!
« Reply #12 on: September 23, 2012, 06:32:30 AM »
Thanks for replies - just booted Puppy 5.8.1? and it too also sees CF as ext2 part on /dev/sda1 and I can mount read write it.

fdisk -l shows all info about it under puppy.

YEsterday under TC+ fdisk -l did not show anything :(
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Re: TCL+ cant see CF - Gparted can!
« Reply #13 on: September 23, 2012, 06:32:41 AM »
And dmesg, from both distros.
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Re: TCL+ cant see CF - Gparted can!
« Reply #14 on: September 23, 2012, 08:36:06 AM »
Ah ok - will have to come back to this ... thanks for replies so far ...
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