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The Pandora OS can read cards formatted with various filesystems, including | The Pandora OS can read cards formatted with various filesystems, including | ||
ext2, ext3, fat32, and if the [http://www.open-pandora.org/downloads/CodecPack.pnd Community Codec Pack] is installed, NTFS. If you have access to a desktop computer, it's a good idea to use the Panasonic SD Formatter, which can improve performance of SD cards. | ext2, ext3, fat32, and if the [http://www.open-pandora.org/downloads/CodecPack.pnd Community Codec Pack] is installed, NTFS. If you have access to a desktop computer, it's a good idea to use the Panasonic SD Formatter, which can improve performance of SD cards. | ||
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| + | Look also at [http://boards.openpandora.org/index.php?/topic/5951-formatting-a-sd-card-demystifying/page__fromsearch__1 this] forum thread. | ||
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Revision as of 16:47, 2 November 2011
The Pandora OS can read cards formatted with various filesystems, including ext2, ext3, fat32, and if the Community Codec Pack is installed, NTFS. If you have access to a desktop computer, it's a good idea to use the Panasonic SD Formatter, which can improve performance of SD cards.
Look also at this forum thread.
ext3
To format a card ext3, insert the card into the Pandora, then open terminal, and type: [1]
sudo fdisk /dev/mmcblk0 (use mmcblk1 for the second slot)
't' then '83' to change the partition type to linux, then 'w' to save.
sudo mkfs.ext3 -m 0 /dev/mmcblk0p1 (or mmcblk1p1 for the second slot)
If you want to set a volume name then type:
sudo mkfs.ext3 -m 0 -L volumename /dev/mmcblk0p1
FAT32
The software to format FAT32 is not included with the Pandora, but can be easily installed. Open terminal, and type: [2][3]
sudo opkg update
sudo opkg install dosfstools
Once installed, you can format a card like so:
sudo mkfs.vfat /dev/mmcblk0p1 (or mmcblk1p1 for the second slot)
