Re: [Gumstix-users] blank nand

[Michael P. <md...@tr...>]

On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 2:44 AM, James Linder wrote:
> Hi Guys
>
> one line of help please ...
>
> I have an Earth delivered with a blank nand
> I made an SD card that it boots from.
>
> The wiki on updating to latest (http://gumstix.org/update-to-the-latest-software.html) assumes the nand is partitioned, but mine is blank
> So how do  I setup to step zero so I can follow the wiki. EG partitioning the SD card is specialized ...

Raw NAND flash generally does not have a partition table, and the
Overo COMs in particular do not -- the partition layout is purely by
agreement of the firmware and software that runs on the CPU.

You can use any tool on your development computer that you like to
partition the SD card; for example, GNOME's Disk Utility (palimpsest).

Michael Poole