W WayneJ253 Still Fresh Joined Jun 7, 2012 Messages 22 Nov 1, 2012 #1 ...just as the title says. Grabbed a 64 from Amazon, but can't format and the pandorda doesn't even see it. Thoughts or Advice?
...just as the title says. Grabbed a 64 from Amazon, but can't format and the pandorda doesn't even see it. Thoughts or Advice?
Linux-SWAT Forum Addict! Joined Feb 13, 2010 Messages 9,195 Nov 1, 2012 #2 If you have a windows box, use this: http://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_3/ It will format as fat32. For another filesystems, the best is to use the gparted live-cd: http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/files/gparted-live-stable/ Note that you should let a 32M free space at the beginning of the card, as the official formatter do.
If you have a windows box, use this: http://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_3/ It will format as fat32. For another filesystems, the best is to use the gparted live-cd: http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/files/gparted-live-stable/ Note that you should let a 32M free space at the beginning of the card, as the official formatter do.
thatgui Advanced Member Joined Apr 2, 2009 Messages 3,048 Nov 1, 2012 #3 or if you have another SD-Card, you could also use gparted from the repo, to format it directly in your Pandora Linux-SWAT said: Note that you should let a 32M free space at the beginning of the card, as the official formatter do. Click to expand... Whats the benefit of doing this ?
or if you have another SD-Card, you could also use gparted from the repo, to format it directly in your Pandora Linux-SWAT said: Note that you should let a 32M free space at the beginning of the card, as the official formatter do. Click to expand... Whats the benefit of doing this ?
R ryan27968 Member Joined Oct 18, 2012 Messages 112 Age 25 Location South Africa Nov 2, 2012 #5 try using fdisk from the terminal. you can find a tutorial on google.