origen seems also has the same problem: (this is help by ) Partitioning disk to LAVA format Command (m for help): Command action e extended p primary partition (1-4) Selected partition 4 First sector (2097152-31260671, default 2097152): Last sector, +sectors or +size{K,M,G} (2097152-31260671, default 31260671): Using default value 31260671 Command (m for help): First sector (2099200-31260671, default 2099200): Using default value 2099200 Last sector, +sectors or +size{K,M,G} (2099200-31260671, default 31260671): Command (m for help): Partition number (1-5): Hex code (type L to list codes): Changed system type of partition 5 to c (W95 FAT32 (LBA)) Command (m for help): First sector (2232320-31260671, default 2232320): Using default value 2232320 Last sector, +sectors or +size{K,M,G} (2232320-31260671, default 31260671): Command (m for help): First sector (19011584-31260671, default 19011584): Using default value 19011584 Last sector, +sectors or +size{K,M,G} (19011584-31260671, default 31260671): Command (m for help): First sector (23207936-31260671, default 23207936): Using default value 23207936 Last sector, +sectors or +size{K,M,G} (23207936-31260671, default 31260671): Using default value 31260671 Command (m for help): Partition number (1-8): Hex code (type L to list codes): Changed system type of partition 8 to c (W95 FAT32 (LBA)) Command (m for help): Disk /dev/mmcblk0: 16.0 GB, 16005464064 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1945 cylinders, total 31260672 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/mmcblk0p1 1 8191 4095+ da Non-FS data /dev/mmcblk0p2 * 8192 114687 53248 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/mmcblk0p3 114688 2097151 991232 83 Linux /dev/mmcblk0p4 2097152 31260671 14581760 5 Extended /dev/mmcblk0p5 2099200 2230271 65536 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/mmcblk0p6 2232320 19009535 8388608 83 Linux /dev/mmcblk0p7 19011584 23205887 2097152 83 Linux /dev/mmcblk0p8 23207936 31260671 4026368 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) Command (m for help): The partition table has been altered! Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table. WARNING: Re-reading the partition table failed with error 16: Device or resource busy. The kernel still uses the old table. The new table will be used at the next reboot or after you run partprobe(8) or kpartx(8) WARNING: If you have created or modified any DOS 6.x partitions, please see the fdisk manual page for additional information. Syncing disks. Error: Error informing the kernel about modifications to partition /dev/mmcblk0p8 -- Invalid argument. This means Linux won't know about any changes you made to /dev/mmcblk0p8 until you reboot -- so you shouldn't mount it or use it in any way before rebooting. Error: Failed to add partition 8 (Invalid argument) mkfs.vfat 3.0.9 (31 Jan 2010) /dev/mmcblk0p8: No such file or directory mkfs.vfat 3.0.9 (31 Jan 2010) mke2fs 1.41.14 (22-Dec-2010) Filesystem label=testrootfs OS type: Linux Block size=4096 (log=2) Fragment size=4096 (log=2) Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks 524288 inodes, 2097152 blocks 104857 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user First data block=0 Maximum filesystem blocks=2147483648 64 block groups 32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group 8192 inodes per group Superblock backups stored on blocks: 32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632 Writing inode tables: done Creating journal (32768 blocks): done Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done This filesystem will be automatically checked every 21 mounts or 180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override. mke2fs 1.41.14 (22-Dec-2010) Filesystem label=userdata OS type: Linux Block size=4096 (log=2) Fragment size=4096 (log=2) Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks 131072 inodes, 524288 blocks 26214 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user First data block=0 Maximum filesystem blocks=536870912 16 block groups 32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group 8192 inodes per group Superblock backups stored on blocks: 32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912 Writing inode tables: done Creating journal (16384 blocks): done Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done This filesystem will be automatically checked every 25 mounts or 180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override. Generating first-boot UUID