> > *Well, zeroing the first sector and creating the partition table seems to > have fixed the problem but it is frustrating not knowing what the problem > was. Thanks for the help.*
So look at it like this. What happens when in code one attempts to read a string in C out of memory, where the string is of unknown size, and the string has no null termination ? On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 7:16 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well, zeroing the first sector and creating the partition table seems to > have fixed the problem but it is frustrating not knowing what the problem > was. Thanks for the help. > > On Monday, April 11, 2016 at 8:53:54 PM UTC-4, RobertCNelson wrote: >> >> >> >> On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 6:24 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> What is the magic to make a DOS partition on a uSD card acceptable to >>> the X booter (ROM code)? Does it have to be the first partition? Bootable? >>> FAT type? Certain size? I can't seem to make a partition with fdisk on >>> linux that the ROM code will accept. I thought maybe it didn't like FAT32 >>> but FreeBSD boots happily from a FAT 32 partition. FAT 12 doesn't even >>> work although Debian boots fine from FAT 12. I can't see what is different >>> between what linux fdisk makes and the bootable Debian or FreeBSD >>> partitions. >>> >> >> Specifically, which TI device are you talking about? FAT isn't even a >> requirement anymore.. (depending on the TI device) >> >> Regards, >> >> -- >> Robert Nelson >> https://rcn-ee.com/ >> > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
