to Nick >what does /proc/yaffs say? this is the output of my /proc/yaffs # cat /proc/yaffs YAFFS built:Oct 5 2004 10:04:10 $Id: yaffs_fs.c,v 1.32 2003/10/29 20:42:34 charles Exp $ $Id: yaffs_guts.c,v 1.34 2004/06/08 08:47:55 charles Exp $ Device yaffs startBlock......... 1 endBlock........... 2174 chunkGroupBits..... 1 chunkGroupSize..... 2 nErasedBlocks...... 6 nTnodesCreated..... 0 nFreeTnodes........ 0 nObjectsCreated.... 100 nFreeObjects....... 97 nFreeChunks........ 192 nPageWrites........ 0 nPageReads......... 0 nBlockErasures..... 0 nGCCopies.......... 0 garbageCollections. 0 passiveGCs......... 0 nRetriedWrites..... 0 nRetireBlocks...... 0 eccFixed........... 0 eccUnfixed......... 0 tagsEccFixed....... 0 tagsEccUnfixed..... 6 cacheHits.......... 0 nDeletedFiles...... 0 nUnlinkedFiles..... 0 nBackgroudDeletions 0 useNANDECC......... 1 # >How big is the mtd partition in the boot messages? # cat /proc/mtd dev: size erasesize name mtd0: 04000000 00004000 "BON" mtd1: 021fc000 00004000 "mtd" Thanks -----Original Message----- From: Nick Bane [mailto:nick@cecomputing.co.uk] Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 11:31 AM To: Pesce Gianfranco; yaffs@stoneboat.aleph1.co.uk Subject: RE: [Yaffs] I: yaffs - file system on ARM Pesce Could you use plain text? It makes replying much easier. what does /proc/yaffs say? If its all used it may be that it isn't all erased ot being accessed correctly. How big is the mtd partition in the boot messages? Nick -----Original Message----- From: yaffs-admin@stoneboat.aleph1.co.uk [mailto:yaffs-admin@stoneboat.aleph1.co.uk]On Behalf Of Pesce Gianfranco Sent: 05 October 2004 10:01 To: 'yaffs@stoneboat.aleph1.co.uk' Subject: [Yaffs] I: yaffs - file system on ARM Sorry , more informations I am using a NAND flash Samsung K9D1208V0M -----Messaggio originale----- Da: Pesce Gianfranco Inviato: marted́ 5 ottobre 2004 10.56 A: 'yaffs@stoneboat.aleph1.co.uk' Oggetto: yaffs - file system on ARM Hi , I am using an ARM machine with 2.4.18 kernel I want to use yaffs , the file system is mounted , but when I try to do any operation , as mkdir or cp , I get the message "cannot allocate memory" and the command df says 100% used for /dev/mtdblock/1 Any help will be appreciated -------------------------------------------------------------- GENERALE ELETTRONICA e AUTOMAZIONE S.r.l. Via Renata Bianchi 40 - 16152 GENOVA (ITALY) Tel.: +39 010 65966.1 Fax: +39 010 65966.311 http://www.gea-automotive.com ; E-mail: mailbox@gea-automotive.com Ing. Gianfranco Pesce APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT DEPT. Project Engineer Tel. +39.010.659.66.507 E-mail: pesceg@gea-automotive.com --------------------------------------------------------------