SD Card Problem

[muhammadsauud]

Suddenly my sdcard stopped working i don't know what happened
I formatted it using my sdcard reader and now whenever i try to create the partitions using gparted it gives these msgs and is not creating the partitions

when i type
mkpartfs primary fat32 0 7400
it says
mkpartfs primary fat32 0 7400
mkpartfs primary fat32 0 7400
parted: invalid token: primary
File system type? [ext2]?

i don't what to do now i can't use my cell

[simms22]

Gparted is a part of Cyan's latest recovery console.
disclaimer THIS WILL ERASE EVERYTHING ON YOUR SD CARD!!!! so back up first!!!

go into recovery (turn on the phone with home and end call), open the console , type....
su (press enter)
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 (press enter)

(You'll need to know the maximum amount of mb on your sd card so type):

print (press enter it will then enter your total mb on sd card, recommend you write down the max amount of mb for the card)

Then you want to delete the existing partition:

rm 1 (press enter)

Then create your primary partition, the numbers you input will vary depending on how many mb your card has:

mkpartfs primary fat32 0 xxxx

*(where xxxx = how much mb you want on fat32 part of sd card, example... " mkpartfs primary fat32 0 3584" [4096mb(total)-(512mb for ext2 partition)])

Then create the ext2 partition:

mkpartfs primary ext2 3584 4096

*(4096 being the total amount of mb on a 4gb card,
assuming thats the total given to you on the initial #print command)

And you've partitioned your memory card, no outside application needed.

Anyways , I just updated the guide to include updating your ext2 to ext3 !

In recovery go to the terminal , type ......

su
upgrade_fs
reboot recovery

Press repair ext filesystems , reboot , and you are at ext3
DID YOU REMOVE THE EXISTING PARTITION ?
rm 1

[muhammadsauud]

yeap i know simms
but the step where i write
mkpartfs primary fat32 0 7400
it gives some msg i've done it before only this time its giving me some error and its this
parted: invalid token: primary
File system type? [ext2]?
and if i press enter it says
[start]?
nothing else

[simms22]

try formating the sd card through the phone . settings > sd card and phone storage > format sd card . then try to do it from the begining .

[muhammadsauud]

i can't do it cuz it doesn't boot as im using cyans rom

[simms22]

why cant it boot ? because of cyans rom ? im confused !!!!

[muhammadsauud]

cuz i was using app2sd and the rom doesn't let me boot as it doesn't mount my sdcard cuz i've formatted it using my pc
but i solved my problem
using
mklabel msdos
here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=534714

[simms22]

nice ! you had me sweatin'

[muhammadsauud]

i was sweatin myself
tell me which is the best ext?
ext3 or ext4?

[simms22]

i was sweatin myself
tell me which is the best ext?
ext3 or ext4?

honestly , it doesnt matter at that point . the difference is in milliseconds . im on ext3 , just less of a hassle for me