[U-Boot] [PATCH] M28: Document that units has to be set to sectors on SD bootcard
Wolfgang Denk
wd at denx.de
Thu Nov 24 21:45:42 CET 2011
Dear Marek Vasut,
In message <1322153845-19369-1-git-send-email-marek.vasut at gmail.com> you wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marek.vasut at gmail.com>
> Cc: Stefano Babic <sbabic at denx.de>
> Cc: Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de>
> ---
> doc/README.m28 | 6 ++++++
> 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/doc/README.m28 b/doc/README.m28
> index b749ce0..242230b 100644
> --- a/doc/README.m28
> +++ b/doc/README.m28
> @@ -116,6 +116,12 @@ must have the following parameters:
> For example in Linux fdisk, the sequence for a clear card is the following:
>
> * o ..................... create a clear partition table
> + * p ..................... here you need to verify that units is set to
> + sectors. In the output, earch for a line
> + containing:
> + Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
> + If no such line is present, press "u" to
> + switch units to sectors.
> * n ..................... create new partition
> * p ............. primary partition
> * 1 ............. first partition
Would it not make sense to actually make sure this is the case, like
by passing the "-u" option to fdisk ?
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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