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iW-RainboW-G15D Linux User Manual
List out partition types in SD. Press 'p' to view. Below message will be displayed
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/sdb: 1021 MB, 1021837312 bytes
31 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1038 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1922 * 512 = 984064 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id
System
/dev/sdb1 7
512 492001 6
FAT16
/dev/sdb2 513 1038 505486 83 Linux
Now the partitions are created as above. Save these changes by pressing 'w'.
Command (m for help): w
Again make sure both the partitions are unmounted.
$umount /dev/sdb1
$umount /dev/sdb2
$umount /dev/sdb1
Now format both the partitions. Partition 1 as DOS (windows) partition and 2nd partition as EXT4 (Linux).
$sudo mkdosfs /dev/sdb1
$sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb2
Now SD card is ready to use.
Remove the SD card and insert again then the respective partitions can be viewed by the following
command.
$mount