On Sat, 2004-05-08 at 17:04, Torben Nielsen wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-05-08 at 13:14, Groepaz wrote:
> > On Saturday 08 May 2004 12:20, Torben Nielsen wrote:
> > > I just checked a memory card block device driver into the CVS.
> > > It cannot unlock the cards, so these are threated like fixed disks
> > > (i.e. they must be present a boot so PSO unlocks them).
> > > I haven't done extensive testing, but I was actually able to copy a
> > > standard Nintendo 59 memory card to a blank card like this:
> > >
> > > mknod /tmp/card0 b 254 0
> > > mknod /tmp/card1 b 254 1
> > > dd if=/tmp/card0 of=/tmp/card1
> > >
> > > where 254 is the major device number assigned to the driver. Check
> > > /proc/devices, there should be a line like this:
> > >
> > > 254 memcard
> > >
> > > Feel free to test it, but please don't use a memory card with important
> > > data on it.
> >
> > tip: dont copy the very first sector of the card to another card if
> > you plan using it outside linux (first sector contains the unique
> > card ID or decryption/unlock seed or whatever it is :))
> >
> > gpz
> >
> >
>
> Thanks for the tip. Now I wonder, is there any (easy) way to reformat
> the card, or should I just try to restore the backup I made of the card
> before I started writing to it?
>
>
OK, I was lucky... The cube just suggested that I formatted the card, so I did that.
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