Partition and Format SDCard from Pogoplug OS on PP Mobile

Hello,

I need a little help understanding what's going on. I'm trying to partition, format and setup the debian rootfs on a SDCard straight from the default Pogoplug OS.

When I insert my SD Card, DMESG shows that it's detected.

<6>[56558.770000] mmc0: new high speed SDHC card at address e624
<6>[56558.780000] mmcblk0: mmc0:e624 SU04G 3.69 GiB
<6>[56558.780000]  mmcblk0: p1
<6>[56558.950000] EXT3-fs: INFO: recovery required on readonly filesystem.
<6>[56558.950000] EXT3-fs: write access will be enabled during recovery.
<6>[56560.040000] kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
<6>[56560.040000] EXT3-fs: recovery complete.
<6>[56560.050000] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with writeback data mode.
<6>[56560.260000] kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
<6>[56560.270000] EXT3 FS on mmcblk0p1, internal journal
<6>[56560.270000] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with writeback data mode.
<6>[84487.040000] mmc0: card e624 removed
<6>[84490.790000] mmc0: new high speed SDHC card at address e624
<6>[84490.800000] mmcblk0: mmc0:e624 SU04G 3.69 GiB
<6>[84490.800000]  mmcblk0: p1

However, fdisk doesn't doesn't see it so I can't partition and format it. Only my USB drive is detected.

/tmp # /sbin/fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 16.0 GB, 16016998400 bytes
16 heads, 36 sectors/track, 54311 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 576 * 512 = 294912 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks  Id System
/dev/sda1               1       13696     3944430  83 Linux
/tmp #

The my.pogoplug.com service can somehow see and (auto) mount the sd card though

/tmp # df -h
Filesystem                Size      Used Available Use% Mounted on
ubi0:rootfs              97.1M     15.1M     82.0M  16% /
none                     57.9M      2.2M     55.7M   4% /tmp
/tmp/.cemnt/sda1          3.7G      2.4G      1.1G  69% /tmp/.cemnt/mnt_sda1
/tmp/.cemnt/mmcblk0p1
                          3.6G    688.9M      2.8G  20% /tmp/.cemnt/mnt_mmcblk0p1

Any suggestions? I can definitely partition/format the sdcard from ArchLinux or Debian booting from a USB stick, but looking for a more direct method of setting up a SDCard without having to use a (temp) usb debian/arch stick. Thanks

Does the mmc device appear under /dev/disk? if it does not appear there then the Pogo OS udev (if it uses udev) did not detect the mmc. It might use some hotplug process to do this, though.

ls -lR /dev/disk/

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Thanks for the reply.

/tmp # ls -lR /dev/disk/
ls: /dev/disk/: No such file or directory
/tmp # ls -lR /dev/mmc*
ls: /dev/mmc*: No such file or directory
/tmp # ls  /dev/sd*
/dev/sda    /dev/sda4   /dev/sdb12  /dev/sdb8   /dev/sdc2   /dev/sdd10  /dev/sdd6
/dev/sda1   /dev/sda5   /dev/sdb13  /dev/sdb9   /dev/sdc3   /dev/sdd11  /dev/sdd7
/dev/sda10  /dev/sda6   /dev/sdb14  /dev/sdc    /dev/sdc4   /dev/sdd12  /dev/sdd8
/dev/sda11  /dev/sda7   /dev/sdb15  /dev/sdc1   /dev/sdc5   /dev/sdd13  /dev/sdd9
/dev/sda12  /dev/sda8   /dev/sdb2   /dev/sdc10  /dev/sdc6   /dev/sdd14
/dev/sda13  /dev/sda9   /dev/sdb3   /dev/sdc11  /dev/sdc7   /dev/sdd15
/dev/sda14  /dev/sdb    /dev/sdb4   /dev/sdc12  /dev/sdc8   /dev/sdd2
/dev/sda15  /dev/sdb1   /dev/sdb5   /dev/sdc13  /dev/sdc9   /dev/sdd3
/dev/sda2   /dev/sdb10  /dev/sdb6   /dev/sdc14  /dev/sdd    /dev/sdd4
/dev/sda3   /dev/sdb11  /dev/sdb7   /dev/sdc15  /dev/sdd1   /dev/sdd5