Using flex-installer to create and format the partitions for SD on a LS1043ARDB reference board

[dooggy]

Hello...

I just got LS1043ARDB and tried to follow the steps described in Layerscape SDK user guide

to create and format my SD on reference board.

I inserted my SD card in the slot of front chassis and I was able to find mmcblk0, mmcblk0p1 by a command as described in section  

• To deploy custom LSDK images on a reference board running TinyLinux.

cat /proc/partitions

Also mmcblk0, mmcblk0p1 were there when I checked by 

ls -al /dev/mmcblk*

Here is the screenshot

root@TinyDistro:~# cat /proc/partitions
  31       11       1024 mtdblock11
  31       12       9216 mtdblock12
 179        0    7830528 mmcblk0
 179        1    7829504 mmcblk0p1
root@TinyDistro:~# ls -al /dev/mmcblk*
brw-rw----    1 root     disk      179,   0 Feb 22 00:48 /dev/mmcblk0
brw-rw----    1 root     disk      179,   1 Feb 22 00:48 /dev/mmcblk0p1
root@TinyDistro:~#

I ran flex_installer -i pf...blabla.

But to my disappointment, TinyDistro spit out following error messge.

root@TinyDistro:~# flex-installer -i pf -d /dev/mmcblk0
instruction: pf
BusyBox v1.23.2 (2017-07-11 15:08:34 CST) multi-call binary.

Usage: grep [-HhnlLoqvsriwFE] [-m N] [-A/B/C N] PATTERN/-e PATTERN.../-f FILE [FILE]...

Partitioning /dev/ ...

Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.26.2).
Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.
Be careful before using the write command.

fdisk: cannot open /dev/: Is a directory

And I can't  see anything in /mnt/ directory where my mmcblk0 is supposed to be placed.

Anyone possibly help me out...

Many thanks in advance...

[yipingwang · Accepted solution]

Please download LSDK 21.08 TinyLinux image with the following command.

$ wget https://www.nxp.com/lgfiles/sdk/lsdk2108/lsdk2108_yocto_tiny_LS_arm64.itb

Please refer to my verification, there is no problem.

root@TinyLinux:~/flexbuild_lsdk2108# flex-installer -i pf -d /dev/mmcblk0
/dev/mmcblk0: 15 GB
Partitioning /dev/mmcblk0 ...
[ 369.183771] udevd[533]: inotify_add_watch(6, /dev/mmcblk0p1, 10) failed: No such file or directory
[ 369.184056] udevd[531]: inotify_add_watch(6, /dev/mmcblk0p2, 10) failed: No such file or directory
[ 369.225702] mmcblk0:
Formatting partitions ...
/dev/mmcblk0p1 contains a ext4 file system labelled 'misc'
last mounted on Thu Jan 1 00:00:13 1970
[ 389.491108] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
[ 389.499258] ext4 filesystem being mounted at /mnt/mmcblk0p1 supports timestamps until 2038 (0x7fffffff)
[ 389.594989] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p2): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
[ 389.682798] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p3): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
[ 389.776937] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p4): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
Model: SD SE16G (sd/mmc)
Disk /dev/mmcblk0: 15.9GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 71.3MB 206MB 134MB primary ext4
2 207MB 2354MB 2147MB primary ext4
3 2355MB 7724MB 5369MB primary ext4
4 7725MB 15.9GB 8207MB primary ext4

partition and format /dev/mmcblk0 [Done]

root@TinyLinux:~/flexbuild_lsdk2108# fdisk --version
fdisk from util-linux 2.36.2

[dooggy]

Many thanks, 

I made it.....