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Jep, I plugged the card in (using a pcmcia adapter), checked via mount which disk it is did an unmount /dev/disk2 gzcat <mono iso file> | dd of=/dev/disk2 bs=16K make sure you are certain that it is /dev/diskXXXX otherwise you might overwrite your internal disk. -gramels On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 11:57:42 +0100, Andy Holyer <andyh at hhbb dot co dot uk> wrote: > > On 6 Aug 2004, at 18:25, Aaron wrote: > > > > > Hello all. I am trying to fix a problem here. I somehow messed up my > > Soekris 4501 by bridging the WAN and OPT interface. Now the LAN > > interface doesn't assign IPs and doesn't respond to anything even if > > manually assigned. The bridging works fine, but I still want to play > > and can't. My issue is that can't connect to the console port here (no > > PC) and can't reset the config since the LAN interface doesn't > > respond. > > > > My question: > > Can I format the CF card using a card reader under OS X? Is there > > something else I can do? > > > It works fine, but you have to jump through a few hoops to get round OS > X's automatic mounting of cards. > > What you do is: > > Plug the card in via the card reader. Use the Disk utility to see where > it's been mounted - different brands of card seem to come up as > different disks, but usually it's something like /dev/disk2 or > /dev/disk3. > > Unmount the card, if Os X has mounted it - you can use Disk Utility to > do this. > > Since Disk Utility can read .iso images you should be able to use that, > but I haven't got that to work, so I have to use terminal. > > Run a terminal, su to root, so you can write to the card and do the > same as the Unix instructions say: > > # pkunzip <mono iso file> | dd of=/dev/disk2 bs=16K > > (Assuming the card appeared as /dev/disk2). > > Then there will be 30 seconds of activity for the card reader, and it's > done. > > --- > Andy Holyer, Technical stuff > Hedgehog Broadband, 11 Marlborough Place Brighton BN1 1UB > 08451 260895 x 241 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: m0n0wall dash unsubscribe at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > For additional commands, e-mail: m0n0wall dash help at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > > |