Same fdisk errors even after running fsck.ext4 on 16GB or 32GB microSD cards

[Nils Kassube]

Sid Boyce wrote:
> To the other question, the new card reader is capable of handling
> microSD cards. I originally built the same on the same cards. It
> booted fine but problems only appeared after I added a number of
> packages. Some way through I got a message that it couldn't write to
> the filesystem. Since then I ran into the problem. Even deleting the
> partitions and running the script again I hit the problem where the
> SD has the errors seen in the post.

OK, that clarifies the situation.

> It's possible the reader has developed a problem, so I'll get a
> different new one to try.

Yes, the reader might be faulty, especially if both cards have the same 
error. OTOH, maybe there is a problem with Natty. Can you give some 
instructions how I could try to reproduce the situation? I have a test 
partition for cases like this on a harddisk and I could try it on a SD 
card as well.

Another option might be to fill (one of) the cards with zeros (dd 
if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX) and then retry the script. But make sure there 
are no valuable data on the card because the zeros will of course erase 
everything.

> On 21/03/11 12:17, Sid Boyce wrote:
> > 11.04 natty and all kernels up to 2.6.38-7-generic.
> > I added an attachment to the original post which didn't get
> > through, so here goes with cut and paste.

Actually that attachment came through but I just didn't recognize it 
before I sent the first reply.


Nils