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Created October 22, 2012 19:47
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format sd card for arch linux and others
#!/bin/bash
# Quelle: http://omappedia.org/wiki/Minimal-FS_SD_Configuration, 06.06.2012
if [ ! "$1" = "/dev/sda" ] ; then
unset LANG
DRIVE=$1
if [ -b "$DRIVE" ] ; then
dd if=/dev/zero of=$DRIVE bs=1024 count=1024
SIZE=`fdisk -l $DRIVE | grep Disk | awk '{print $5}'`
echo DISK SIZE - $SIZE bytes
CYLINDERS=`echo $SIZE/255/63/512 | bc`
echo CYLINDERS - $CYLINDERS
{
echo ,9,0x0C,*
echo ,,,-
} | sfdisk -D -H 255 -S 63 -C $CYLINDERS $DRIVE
mkfs.vfat -F 32 -n "boot" ${DRIVE}1
mke2fs -j -L "rootfs" ${DRIVE}2
fi
fi
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mattes commented Oct 22, 2012

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