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partition SD card in Rom Manager

I'm not sure if this is the right place for it, so if not, plz move it
I want to partition my SD card via Rom Manager; however, after I press "Partition SD Card" and choose the size I want, it asks me if I'm sure that I want to reboot and continue. I press OK but nothing happens.
I guess there's something that I'm supposed to do that I'm not doing, any help?
thanks

b1gdrag0n said:
I'm not sure if this is the right place for it, so if not, plz move it
I want to partition my SD card via Rom Manager; however, after I press "Partition SD Card" and choose the size I want, it asks me if I'm sure that I want to reboot and continue. I press OK but nothing happens.
I guess there's something that I'm supposed to do that I'm not doing, any help?
thanks
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are you rooted

yes, of course.
If you don't seem to see what causes the problem,
can someone plz explain an other way to partition the SD card?
thanks!

ahh dragon, i'm after a fix for this too. I think its because ROM Manager creates a Ext2 partition and Froyo needs Ext3 but don't quote me on that. I have a post open too asking for alternative things for this.
If you have a spare CD lying around I'd suggest Gparted. its an awesome Live CD bootable program that will do it easily.

I burned the iso to a CD, but I don't get how to start it :S

is your card formatted as fat32? i think this is required.

b1gdrag0n said:
I burned the iso to a CD, but I don't get how to start it :S
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are you talking about gparted? its bootable, so reboot your pc and boot from the disk rather than the hdd

musiccontrolsus said:
ahh dragon, i'm after a fix for this too. I think its because ROM Manager creates a Ext2 partition and Froyo needs Ext3 but don't quote me on that. I have a post open too asking for alternative things for this.
If you have a spare CD lying around I'd suggest Gparted. its an awesome Live CD bootable program that will do it easily.
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use the unrevoked flash tool to flash the amon-ra recovery image, you can partition your sd card from recovery then

AndroHero said:
use the unrevoked flash tool to flash the amon-ra recovery image, you can partition your sd card from recovery then
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ClockworkMod also has the partitioning capability.. I'm trying to flash Amon ra at the moment but unrevoked is failing to push the image =/
also.. once its actually done. what options from the recovery console do i need to use?

AndroHero said:
use the unrevoked flash tool to flash the amon-ra recovery image, you can partition your sd card from recovery then
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ClockworkMod also has the partitioning capability.. I'm trying to flash Amon ra at the moment but unrevoked is failing to push the image =/
also.. once its actually done. what options from the recovery console do i need to use?

this is how amon ra looks:
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"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
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"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
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I partitioned sd card from usb (pushed files from windows) recovery, before I flashed Amon Ra, but it should be as usual:
swap 0, ext 2 512 mb, rest fat 32, ext 2 to ext 3

[Q] EXT in wrong place on card

Hi,
When setting up my SD card the first time I put the EXT at the start (rather than at the end which is usually recommended). So far the rom's I've tried have been forgiving and I haven't had any issues because of it, but I'm looking at trying a few more and some state *specifically* that it needs to be at the end.
I've already tried just swapping the partitions around in gparted (I have enough empty space on card to do this with no loss of data) but the phone can no longer see the EXT after this...
I just want to check, if I were to do a titanium backup/sms backup & restore and wipe my card and set it up again from scratch including a fresh ROM flash - I shouldn't have any issues getting apps/settings back right? I presume that a nandroid recovery from before shifting the EXT won't work either :/
Thankyou in advance!

I'm still pretty new to all this but from what I understand you'd have to back up what data you can then repartition your card in the correct order and start again.
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk

mattman83 said:
Hi,
When setting up my SD card the first time I put the EXT at the start (rather than at the end which is usually recommended). So far the rom's I've tried have been forgiving and I haven't had any issues because of it, but I'm looking at trying a few more and some state *specifically* that it needs to be at the end.
I've already tried just swapping the partitions around in gparted (I have enough empty space on card to do this with no loss of data) but the phone can no longer see the EXT after this...
I just want to check, if I were to do a titanium backup/sms backup & restore and wipe my card and set it up again from scratch including a fresh ROM flash - I shouldn't have any issues getting apps/settings back right? I presume that a nandroid recovery from before shifting the EXT won't work either :/
Thankyou in advance!
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I strongly recommend you to use Magic partition manager ( no boot cd needed / no virtual machine needed )
- backup all your sdcard
- format all the sdcard
- create first partition Fat32
- create second partition ext 2/3/4 at the end of the card
( 1Gb max recommended and ext3 would be the best for performance/sdcard life _ written cycles )
You are done _ Hope it helps you
My last piece of work
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"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

Just to post back, everything worked. Did backup and nandroid and copied anything I needed to pc. Used gparted to wipe old partitions and put them back correctly. Phone couldn't see ext at that point as predicted so just dis a fresh Rom flash and restored apps via mybackup, all went well.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

[! - URGENT] Unmountable SD Card

Alright, so today I decided to flash a new ROM and since AmonRA has a build in wipe all I used that, but when I went to the flash zip menu I got this error
Code:
Build : RA-supersonic-v3.11-gnm
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (or /dev/block/mmcblk0)
(No such file or directory)
E:Can't mount /sdcard
So at the moment my phone is useless. I tried formatting my SD card (My SD card does mount to my computer properly) and that didn't work. I also don't have another SD card to use at the moment. Is there a way to fix this or
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
<-- I tried another card already.

I'll let this sty over night, I hope someone answers while im sleeping, I need my phone to work!

I got a new SD card and its still not working. Is my phone gone forever?

Wulfre said:
I got a new SD card and its still not working. Is my phone gone forever?
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Did you wipe the SD Card? If so, you won't have anything on it to install. Is the card partitioned? You should probably try re-flashing your Recovery, using a PC36IMG file in the bootloader.

Captain_Throwback said:
Did you wipe the SD Card? If so, you won't have anything on it to install. Is the card partitioned? You should probably try re-flashing your Recovery, using a PC36IMG file in the bootloader.
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Ill try but last time it didn't even read from my bootloader
Edit: It didn't work, it seems no SD card I try will mount, maybe I broke the reader?

Im going to try a fix I found
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695243
ill report back later.

I think your only option is a ruu
Sent from my Synergized Aggressive Lionfish Evo using the XDA app

The problem is that I have Ubuntu so I cant execute the RUU :I
Even if I install an emulator or environment I need the drivers.

This is nuts. This is the 3rd report thread I've seen TODAY of peoples recoveries locking them out from SD card. 1 in General 2 in Q&A. There's got to be a common denominator. Starting to wonder what rom and what recovery each of you were using (I know you're using drellisdee Ra style)
Sent from my PC36100 using xda premium

has anyone found a solution in those other 2 threads? Im still locked out.

Two threads above yours sounds similar.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1597974
Please help my htc evo phone doesn't want to start
Sent from my PC36100 using xda premium

The problem seems to have fixed itself, I just charged up my phone and it worked o.o

I have this problem as well. Running deck's pb22 amon-ra recovery. I can see the card in root explorer. I can't connect to ums while booted.
I can get files to and from using wifi file explorer.
Sent from my HTC Evo 4G using Tapatalk 2

[Q] E:Can't mount /external_sd/

I have inserted a new 64GB micro SD card in my N7100. I am able to see it fine via the phone at Settings -> Storage. I placed a flashable zip on it using AirDroid.
Went to CWM, then 'choose zip from external sdcard' and it shows:
ClockworkMod Recovery v6.0.1.9
E : Can't mount /external_sd/
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I am also unable to do a backup via CWM. It says:
CWM v6.0.1.9
backup to external sdcard -> Can't mount backup path.
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Please advise.

make sure its not exfat formatted...although n7100 supports it, but cwm only supports fat32

Thanks for the reply.
I inserted the micro SD into the Adapter that came along with it, plugged it into my Mac, opened Disk Utility and formatted the card as MS-DOS (FAT). Now everything is fine.
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"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

srikat said:
Thanks for the reply.
I inserted the micro SD into the Adapter that came along with it, plugged it into my Mac, opened Disk Utility and formatted the card as MS-DOS (FAT). Now everything is fine.
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Clockworkmod won't read sd card
I'm having this same issue. I've tried two different releases of Clockworkmod, and tried formatting in FAT and FAT32. No help. I also fixed permissions from inside Cwm and tried formatting external sd from Cwm with no luck. Any other pointers?
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Radiobamboo said:
I'm having this same issue. I've tried two different releases of Clockworkmod, and tried formatting in FAT and FAT32. No help. I also fixed permissions from inside Cwm and tried formatting external sd from Cwm with no luck. Any other pointers?
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I'm still not sure why Cwm won't mount the external sd card, but I copied the rom & gapps file to the internal memory. It worked from there!

I Solved It
First Solution : (Simple)
For E : Can't mount /external_sd/ you should format your sd card with your device :
Setting >> Storage >> Format SD card
***NOTE: Backup your information from SD Card.
Now Reboot with CWM and choose backup to external sdcard.
Second Solution :
I have Same Problem with galaxy tab2 p3100.
1st you install stock rom your device.
2nd Try first solution!!!
If its Worked Like Me!!!:good::good::good:

Wanting to clean wipe my phone from CM 10.1.3

I have just recently installed CM 10.1.3 along with a new bootloader, modem, and kernel. After trying to set my phone back up I noticed that my internal storage was a complete wreck. I've read all about the 4.2 file storage and I would like to clean it up some. Also somehow, my old files were transferred when I flashed 10.1.3, so this is another reason for wanting to go clean. I have seen threads stating to move everything to the external SD, and then wipe the internal, but I'm not really too sure on how to do this. Should I be installing the fresh 10.1.3 from my ext SD? I'd appreciate some help! Thanks.

Can someone please help? I've searched around and have found answers, just unclear ones. I am sitting inside of CWM currently looking at the "Mounts and Storage Menu". I see the following options:
format /cache
format /system
format /data
format /storage/sdcard1
format /data and /data/media (/sdcard)
Which one/ones of these should I choose to wipe the internal memory? Is sdcard1 my externalSD, because if so, that is where my backups and CM10.1.3 is stored, so I need to leave it. Any clues?

/format/data
- but... pull your sd card first. Re-insert when you're done cleaning. Once upon a time, a long time ago, I had slippery fingers and poof went my extSD... :crying:

Ozark_8125 said:
/format/data
- but... pull your sd card first. Re-insert when you're done cleaning. Once upon a time, a long time ago, I had slippery fingers and poof went my extSD... :crying:
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Thanks! I actually just read this suggestion on another sub-forum. I'm rebooting my phone into CWM now to give it a shot. Wish me luck! :silly:

Okay everything is great now! Here's how my memory looks now:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Tons of room and no more mess of 0/0/0! What I did was keep my nandroid backup and CM 10.1.3 on my extSD, remove the extSD, boot into CWM, formatted the sd card, cleared everything, did NOT reboot yet, inserted extSD, installed CM from extSD, then rebooted. I hope this helps anyone that is struck with confusion. :good: