Re: [Gumstix-users] Fwd: Booting verdex from an SD card

[Oliver D. <o.d...@gm...>]

Chuck Randall wrote:
> On Oct 2, 2008, at 6:20 PM, Oliver Dippel wrote:
>
>   
>> Chuck Randall wrote:
>>     
>>> On Oct 2, 2008, at 1:18 PM, Chuck Randall wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> $ df
>>>> /dev/mmcblkp01       38984      978      38006   3% /media/card
>>>> /dev/mmcblkp02     3878752    82012    3599708   2% /media/mmcblkp02
>>>>
>>>> $ ls -l /media/card
>>>> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  root      332 Feb 26 2008 gumstix-factory.script
>>>> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  root   998052 Mar  4 2008 uimage
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> How do I access the SD card at the GUM> prompt?
>>>
>>> U-Boot 1.2.0 (Dec 21 2007 - 13:37:16) - PXA270@600 MHz - 1578M
>>>
>>> *** Welcome to Gumstix ***
>>>
>>> DRAM:   128 MB
>>> Flash:  32 MB
>>> Using default environment
>>>
>>> Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0
>>> GUM> mmcinit
>>> No MMC card found
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> I think there are problems in uboot (a bug ?)!
>>
>> the 1. mmcinit do not work (No MMC card found),
>> the 2. try is working
>>
>>
>> Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0
>> GUM> mmcinit
>> No MMC card found
>> GUM> mmcinit
>> Detected: 1992704 blocks of 1024 bytes (1946MB) SD card.
>> Vendor: Man 02 OEM TM "SA02G" Date 06/2008
>> Product: 2618170787
>> Revision: 0.2
>> GUM>
>>
>>
>> Sometimes, i need a restart, to detect the SD-Card !
>>     
>
> Hi Olli,
>
> I have powered off and restarted many times. U-Boot does not recognize  
> my card.
>
> Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0
> GUM> mmcinit
> No MMC card found
> GUM> mmcinit
> No MMC card found
> GUM> mmcinit
> No MMC card found
>
> Maybe my 4GB SD card is too large? After booting normally, the card is  
> mounted (vfat & ext2 partitions), but U-Boot doesn't want to see it.
>   

Hi Chuck,

I think it's possible, that uboot don't support 4GB SD's,
but i can't found anything with google :-(
Try another Card, or check your uboot (version ???) !

sorry
Olli

PS: My card is a 2GB SD!