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Article ID #
04-5106-00023
Article Type
How-To Guide

Article Title
How to Remove the Partition on a 256mb Flash Card Using the SX200 ICP
Publish Date
Jul-13-2005

Description/Symptoms
This is the procedure to set the correct partition and correct formatting (FAT16) on a flash card using an SX-200 ICP release 2 or higher PBX. Either a CX or an MX may be used, however the command is slightly different for each system. This procedure cannot be performed on a down system. You require both secure telnet access, and maintenance port access.

Body/Solutions
With a 200 ICP release 2 controller up and running, insert the 256 meg flash card into the external flash card slot. The led will change to green.

Connect the communication terminal to the maintenance port to watch the bootup sequence.

Reboot the system and stop the boot by pressing the <space> bar 3 times when prompted.

Type c at the VXWorks prompt to enter the boot configuration area and change the first line.

boot device ata=noauto

Press enter repeatedly until the VXWorks prompt is seen again.
Reboot system by typing @ (shift+2)

Using secure telnet, access port 2002 on the ICP.

At the command prompt, type one of the following commands, depending on whether the ICP you are using to fix the flash card is an MX or a CX PBX.

CX ONLY: usrAtaConfigExtended 1,0,1,"/blank","0 0 1 100 1 1 1"

MX ONLY: usrAtaConfigExtended 0,1,1,"/blank","0 0 1 100 1 1 1"

Expected Output:

Disk Configuration Started.
Controller 1 drive 0 will be repartitioned according to these parameters:

partition 0 (/blank)
--------------------
min_size = 0 K
max_size = 0 K
priority = 1
percent = 100%
format = TRUE
test = TRUE
label = TRUE

kbytes = 250880 K
real percent = 100%

Creating CBIO device for controller 1 drive 0... done.
Creating partition table for 1 partitions on controller 1 disk 0... done.
Attaching to partition table for 4 partitions on controller 1 drive 0... done.
Creating Cache Layer for partition 0 (/blank) on controller 1 drive 0... done.
Creating Dos FS device for partition 0 (/blank) on controller 1 drive 0... done.

Formatting partition 0 (/blank) on controller 1 drive 0... Retrieved old volume
params with %100 confidence:
Volume Parameters: FAT type: FAT16, sectors per cluster 2
2 FAT copies, 0 clusters, 229 sectors per FAT
Sectors reserved 6, hidden 32, FAT sectors 458
Root dir entries 512, sysId (null) , serial number 7c5dc298
Label:"NO NAME " ...
Disk with 501728 sectors of 512 bytes will be formatted with:
Volume Parameters: FAT type: FAT16, sectors per cluster 8
2 FAT copies, 62650 clusters, 245 sectors per FAT
Sectors reserved 1, hidden 0, FAT sectors 490
Root dir entries 512, sysId VXDOS16 , serial number 7c5dc298
Label:" " ...
done.
/blank/ - disk check in progress ...ller 1 drive 0...
/blank/ - Volume is OK

total # of clusters: 62,652
# of free clusters: 62,650
# of bad clusters: 0
total free space: 250,600 Kb
max contiguous free space: 256,614,400 bytes
# of files: 0
# of folders: 0
total bytes in files: 0
# of lost chains: 0
total bytes in lost chains: 0
done.
Labelling partition 0(/blank) on controller 1 drive 0... done.
Disk Configuration Complete.


Eject the external flash card, task is now complete.

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SX-200 Integrated Communications Platform (ICP)2.0

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Integrated Communications PlatformMaintaining/Upgrading