Format FMD(Fixed Media Device) Card on CPP4 CPU (Rls 4.5)

[fadi2008]

Hi

How can we format FMD? can we plug it on a laptop and do FAT format? FAT 32??

Regards

 

[tnphoneman]

When you install the software if the format does not fit the requirements the install will format and partition the drive as needed.

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[fritzthecat]

Hello Fadi2008,

in pdt, if yout type in format formatCf2

Usage: formatCf2 0 - format RMD with DOS FAT16 format.
formatCf2 1 - format RMD with DOS FAT16 format and make RMD bootable.

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[fadi2008]

Hi

We are not getting into the step were the SW install will format and partition the drive as needed

We got below error:

" Communication Server 1000 Software/Database/BOOTROM RMD Install Tool
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Please press <CR> when ready ...


*****************************************************************
WARNING:

This software does not support TNs configured on PE/EPE
shelves. Upgrading to this software release will permanently
disable all TNs configured on PE/EPE and will not allow new
TNs to be configured.

Proceed with the upgrade? (Y/N) y

*****************************************************************
WARNING:

Upgrading from pre-Release 4.5 software to Release 4.5 or higher
will result in the system PDT passwords being reset to default.

Proceed with the upgrade? (Y/N) y


>Obtaining and checking system configuration ...
>Validate hard disk partitions
Validate number of hard drive partitions and size ...
The size of partition /p is 304 Mb.
The size of partition /d is 304 Mb.
The size of partition /e is 304 Mb.
There are 3 partitions
Disk partitions and sectors checking is completed!

/boot/ - disk check in progress ...
/boot/ - Volume is OK

total # of clusters: 32,419
# of free clusters: 32,417
# of bad clusters: 0
total free space: 16,208 Kb
max contiguous free space: 16,597,504 bytes
# of files: 0
# of folders: 0
total bytes in files: 0
# of lost chains: 0
total bytes in lost chains: 0
0x11e84ddc (tInstall): disk cache error: device 11e962b0 block 655298 errno c000
3, disk read failed
0x11e84ddc (tInstall): disk cache error: device 11e962b0 block 655298 errno c000
3, disk read failed
INST0010 Unable to validate Hard disk partition "/u"
errNo : 0xc0003

Please press <CR> when ready ...

"/e/temp" has illegal start cluster
"/e/counter.rec" has illegal start cluster
"/e/db" has illegal start cluster "

As for pdt command:Format CF2 is it used to format the RMD or FMD???

We need to format the fixed media drive (FMD) and not
the removable media drive (RMD).
because there is a tool to format the RMD and make it bootable, however we didn't find a tool to format FMD.

Cheers

 

[fadi2008]

Hi

We put the FMD device on the RMD slot and went into pdt and tried to format Cf2 by using:

pdt> format /cf2
Can only format floppies

and got above error "Can only format floppies".

Regards

 

[tnphoneman]

Try formatting in a PC. It is not working anyhow. Worst case you need to get another 1 GB flash but mor than likely the install program will try to format the drive. Under utilities is there a place to format and partition the drive from the install menu? Maybe there is a way to unformat this card using a PC.

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[fadi2008]

We tried to format it from Windows using FAT but same issue

 

[911guru]

Are you using a Nortel supplied 1GB flash? Or one that you bought over the counter?

The SanDisk are usually safe, not sure about others.

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[fadi2008]

yes of course it is a nortel 1GB flash.

 

[bignose21]

the "formatCf2 0" command is for the RMD in the front, so you could try doing it in there. If it still gets failures you might need a new one.

 

[fadi2008]

We tried The commands you suggested "bignose21" :
In pdt, if yout type in format formatCf2
Usage: formatCf2 0 - format RMD with DOS FAT16 format.
formatCf2 1 - format RMD with DOS FAT16 format and make RMD bootable.

We got below:

pdt> formatcf2 0
Cannot find symbol table entry for 'formatcf2'.

 

[bignose21]

the C has to be uppercase

 

[fadi2008]

Hi bignose

I tried both:

pdt> formatcf2 0
Cannot find symbol table entry for 'formatcf2'.
pdt> formatCf2 0
Cannot find symbol table entry for 'formatCf2'.

Are you sure this command exists in Rls 4.5 ???

 

[bignose21]

Sorry getting used to Rls 5.

I don't think there was one in 4.5, you can always use the PCMCIA Card programmer on your PC to stick a SSC load on it then just delete all the files off it. Format is part of the process.