[SOLVED] Unable to mount NOR Flash (mount -t jffs2 /dev/mtdblock0 /mnt)

Hi,

Linux Kernel - 3.1.0
Montavista
Platform: An Embedded Development Kit

I am trying to mount the NOR flash using the command

mount -t jffs2 /dev/mtdblock0 /mnt

However it gives me the following errors

MTDSB: dev_name "/dev/mtdblock0"
MTDSB: lookup_bdev() returned 0
MTDSB: New superblock for device 0 ("physmap-flash.0")
jffs2: Too few erase blocks (1)
mount: wrong fs type, bad option,mtdblock_open
 bad superblock on /dev/mtdblock0ok
,
       missing codepage or hemtdblock_release
lper program, or other error
ok
       In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
       dmesg | tail  or so

I have googled the above problem, but could not make headway. Hence I have come for help here. Please help me out if you know the solution.

Some further information

 cat /proc/mtd
dev:    size   erasesize  name
mtd0: 02000000 02000000 "physmap-flash.0"
mtd1: 00800000 00002000 "NAND simulator partition 0"
mtd2: 04000000 00004000 "mxc_nand"

If you need any further information from my side, I will provide that.

Regards

Are you sure the device does have a filesystem loaded/installed on it, and that it actually is a jffs2 fileystem? If there is no data that you need to preserve on it, perhaps you can re-install the filesystem. I guess the flash memory is in an un-extractable media, like built into a processor? If not, can it be read/mounted from some other system? Maybe you can use dd to make a copy of the device, and see if that copy can be mounted on a loop device elsewhere.

--- rod.

Thanks for replying.

Well first I'd like to mention that the problem I was facing with the NOR flash is solved. Apparently this had something to do with the configuration (.config/make menuconfig settings). I had actually carried out a lot of config changes and when things did not work, I just loaded the backup .config file. However I am still looking into what specific configuration caused the issue.

After loading the original configuration, I then used a GUI programming utility to flash the NOR with a jffs2 image. Now after booting I am able to mount the NOR and see its contents.

Thanks.