Subject: Re: mtd mount problem

From: Eugene Surovegin <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 18:53:37 -0700

On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 03:31:34AM +0200, J?rn Engel wrote:

[snip]

> 1. Erase the flash partition.  Either
>    o eraseall /dev/mtdX or
>    o cat file_filled_with_0xff > /dev/mtdblockX

Huh? I fail to see how options you listed are equivalent. By 
"cat"ing file filled with 0xff you cannot erase flash, period.

Only eraseall (or erase, if partition occupies 1 erase block) flash 
can be erased.

-- 
Eugene