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SD and CF FAQ.
Quick CF Format Howto
#umount /dev/hda1
#mkfs.msdos /dev/hda1
#mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/cf
Quick SD Format Howto
#umount /dev/mmcda1
#mkfs.msdos /dev/mmcda1
#mount /dev/mmcda1 /mnt/card
1) SD and MMC Comparison and Information
MMC and SD cards are two types of flash memory cards that can be inserted
into the SD slot on the side of the Zaurus.
-MMC cards access time is greater then SD cards. (they are slower)
-MMC cards occasionally have issues remounting
-MMC cards work with any partition scheme or filesystem without problems.
-MMC cards are generally cheaper than SD cards
-SD card users have reported problems with filesystem corruption when they
have attempted to reformat and/or repartition the SD card. The consensus seems
to be that SD cards work fine so long as the filesystem is left alone.
-While SD cards support copy protection features, the Zaurus does not support
these features, so they're purely flash cards for the Zaurus.
-The Zaurus does not currently support any I/O SD cards, such as the recent
bluetooth SD cards.
-SD cards are usually expensive. You're paying for the copy protection and
speed features that the Zaurus can't take advantage of.
Current List of Good and Bad Cards:
+--------------+-------+------+------------+--------+------+-----------+
| Manufacturer | Media | Size | Identifier | Zaurus | ROM | Comment |
+--------------+-------+------+------------+--------+------+-----------+
| AVL | CF | 128 | 019381 | 5500 | 2.12 | OK |
| AVL | CF | 128 | 019381 | 5500 | 2.20 | OK |
| Hitachi | MMC | 64 | | | 1.03 | OK |
| Hitachi | MMC | 64 | | | 1.11 | OK |
| HP | CF | 32 | | | 1.11 | FAT16 OK |
| HP | CF | 64 | | | 1.11 | FAT16 OK |
| Kingston | CF | 128 | | | | FAT16 OK |
| Kingston | SD | 128 | M128B1 | | | EXT2 OK |
| Kodak | CF | 8 | | | | OK |
| Lexar | CF | 512 | | | | OK |
| Lexar | MMC | 64 | | | | OK |
| Lexar | SD | 128 | | | | OK |
| Mr. Flash | CF | 512 | | | 1.11 | FAT16 OK |
| Mr. Flash | SD | 128 | | | 1.11 | FAT16 OK |
| Panasonic | | | | | | |
| SanDisk | CF | 128 | | | 1.11 | FAT16 OK |
| SanDisk | CF | 160 | | | 1.11 | FAT16 OK |
| SanDisk | MMC | 32 | | | 1.12 | Bad |
| SanDisk | MMC | 32 | | | | OK Backup |
| SanDisk | MMC | 64 | | | 1.12 | Bad |
| SanDisk | MMC | 64 | | | 1.12 | OK |
| SanDisk | SD | 16 | | | | OK |
| SanDisk | SD | 64 | | | 1.10 | OK |
| SanDisk | SD | 128 | 0205LQ | 5500 | 2.20 | Bad |
| SanDisk | SD | 128 | 0201LM | 5500 | 2.20 | OK |
| SanDisk | SD | 128 | 0203LM | 5500 | 2.20 | OK |
| SanDisk | SD | 128 | 0112KZ | | | No Backup |
| SanDisk | SD | 256 | | | | OK |
| Simple Tech | | | | | | |
| Transcend | MMC | 64 | | | 1.10 | OK |
| Toshiba | | | | | | |
| Viking | | | | | | |
+--------------+-------+------+------------+--------+------+-----------+
For the most uptodate list see http://zaurus.knightfire.com. Send your experiences to zaurus@knightfire.com for both cf and sd cards.
2) Formatting
There are four filesystem options for which the card can be formated to.
The industry standard is msdos (also known as fat) format. A lot
of cameras and other devices use this format for their cards. To upgrade
the ROM on the Zaurus it requires that the CF card be formatted in this format.
Comparison:
mkfs.msdos - CF cards that are used for ROM upgrades require this. Used
in most devices. Holds up to 2GB. Default choice.
mkfs.ext2 - Provides symlinks, long filenames, less fragmantaion problems.
mkfs.vfat - Dosfs + long filenames and Higher capacity (don't use for rom
upgrades)
mkfs.minix - Provided for completeness sake, not recommended.
If the card is to be formated to a filesystem that the card has not
been set to the filesystem should be changed first so the automounter will continue to work when the card is inserted in the Zaurus. (By default all CF cards are FAT format) To change the disk type use the fdisk tool. This by
default doesn't come with the Zaurus and either needs to be done on a pc or
after installing the fdisk ipk onto the Zaurus. When using fdisk make
sure to pass in the device (/dev/hda) and not a partition (/dev/hda1)
Example: Fdisk the CF card and set it up to use ext2 do the following:
# fdisk /dev/hda
Created 1 partition, /dev/hda1. set to Type 83, Linux. (for msdos use Type
6)
Write the partition table.
Unmount the card
Insert the card into the Zaurus and umount it. Either by clicking
on the Applet and click "Eject Card" or from the command line execute:
#umount /mnt/cf
Don't remove and insert the card after it has been unmounted for the Zaurus
will re-mount it on insert.
To See what is currently mounted on the Zaurus run "df" at the command
line.
#df
Format the card
The CF card device is located at /dev/hda and mounted at /mnt/cf
The SD card device is located at /dev/mmcda and mounted at /mnt/card
Then format the card from the command line using the fs of choice.
Make sure to format the first partition.
Example: Formating the CF card with the msdos filesystem.
#mkfs.msdos /dev/hda1
Note the 1. You want to format the first partition (Example: /dev/hda1),
not the raw /dev/hda. If the device is acidently formated fdisk must be used to re-setup the partitions.
Then re-mount the card to access the data.
3) Mounting
The Zaurus will automatically mount a cf or sd card on insert, but if the Zaurus doesn't the card can be manually mounted from the command line using the normal mount syntax
mount <device> <location>
For example mounting the CF card in the normal location would be
#mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/cf
To mount a nonstandard type use the -t option
mount -t <type> <device> <location>
For example to mount a SD card with a ext2 fs in the normal location would
be
#mount -t ext2 /dev/mmcda1 /mnt/card
4) Issues
Some SanDisk MMC card's will not be re-mounted after the Zaurus is put
into suspend mode. To remount the cards simply take them out and put
them back in or follow the steps in section 3.
There was an error when formating or I formated it wrong and can't access
it or format it or I formated the device and not a partion.
Use fdisk to re-partition the disk and then format the card.
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