topic Re: Formatting SD card as Ext4 in R77.20.85 in Spark Firewall (SMB) https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Spark-Firewall-SMB/Formatting-SD-card-as-Ext4-in-R77-20-85/m-p/24978#M1042 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks, should I have any issues, do I need to eject the SD and re-insert to initiate a reformat?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 03 Jan 2019 21:54:52 GMT Naftali_Oziel 2019-01-03T21:54:52Z Formatting SD card as Ext4 in R77.20.85 https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Spark-Firewall-SMB/Formatting-SD-card-as-Ext4-in-R77-20-85/m-p/24976#M1040 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Quick question, if I have one firewall that has an SD card already inserted, upgrading to r77.20.85 and understanding that enhancements to file system has been made.&nbsp; Will I have to reformat the SD card?&nbsp; or will it continue to operate with the old ext system?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 03 Jan 2019 20:38:37 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Spark-Firewall-SMB/Formatting-SD-card-as-Ext4-in-R77-20-85/m-p/24976#M1040 Naftali_Oziel 2019-01-03T20:38:37Z Re: Formatting SD card as Ext4 in R77.20.85 https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Spark-Firewall-SMB/Formatting-SD-card-as-Ext4-in-R77-20-85/m-p/24977#M1041 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I believe the new filesystem applies only to newly formatted SD cards on R77.20.85 or above.</P><P>Previously formatted SD cards with ext3 should still work.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 03 Jan 2019 21:12:57 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Spark-Firewall-SMB/Formatting-SD-card-as-Ext4-in-R77-20-85/m-p/24977#M1041 PhoneBoy 2019-01-03T21:12:57Z Re: Formatting SD card as Ext4 in R77.20.85 https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Spark-Firewall-SMB/Formatting-SD-card-as-Ext4-in-R77-20-85/m-p/24978#M1042 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks, should I have any issues, do I need to eject the SD and re-insert to initiate a reformat?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 03 Jan 2019 21:54:52 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Spark-Firewall-SMB/Formatting-SD-card-as-Ext4-in-R77-20-85/m-p/24978#M1042 Naftali_Oziel 2019-01-03T21:54:52Z Re: Formatting SD card as Ext4 in R77.20.85 https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Spark-Firewall-SMB/Formatting-SD-card-as-Ext4-in-R77-20-85/m-p/24979#M1043 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I believe it will only format the drive if there is no filesystem it recognizes on it, but I'm not 100% sure.</P><P>Otherwise it should the existing filesystem (vfat, ext3).</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 03 Jan 2019 22:28:07 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Spark-Firewall-SMB/Formatting-SD-card-as-Ext4-in-R77-20-85/m-p/24979#M1043 PhoneBoy 2019-01-03T22:28:07Z Re: Formatting SD card as Ext4 in R77.20.85 https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Spark-Firewall-SMB/Formatting-SD-card-as-Ext4-in-R77-20-85/m-p/24980#M1044 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>To close out this issue, here's how it works:</P><UL><LI>If the (Micro)SD card contains a .cp file in the root directory (either FAT32 or ext4), we will&nbsp;not format the card and use the filesystem it has.</LI><LI>If there is <STRONG>not</STRONG> a .cp file in the root directory (or we can't read it), we&nbsp;assume the (Micro)SD card is not one we've seen before and will format it.<BR /><UL><LI>In releases prior to R77.20.85, we would format as FAT32.</LI><LI>In R77.20.85 and above, we use ext4.</LI></UL></LI><LI>To force the system to format the (Micro)SD card, do the following:<UL><LI>Remove the .cp file from /mnt/sd filesystem</LI><LI>Unmount the (Micro)SD in the web interface</LI><LI>Remove and re-insert the (Micro)SD card or reboot the appliance&nbsp;</LI></UL></LI></UL></BODY></HTML> Thu, 17 Jan 2019 00:24:01 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Spark-Firewall-SMB/Formatting-SD-card-as-Ext4-in-R77-20-85/m-p/24980#M1044 PhoneBoy 2019-01-17T00:24:01Z Re: Formatting SD card as Ext4 in R77.20.85 https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Spark-Firewall-SMB/Formatting-SD-card-as-Ext4-in-R77-20-85/m-p/24981#M1045 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>There is already a new sk about that available:&nbsp;<A class="" href="https://supportcenter.checkpoint.com/supportcenter/portal?eventSubmit_doGoviewsolutiondetails=&amp;solutionid=sk144253&amp;partition=General&amp;product=Small">sk144253: How to format an <STRONG>SD</STRONG> <STRONG>card</STRONG> on an SMB appliance</A></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 21 Jan 2019 13:29:39 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Spark-Firewall-SMB/Formatting-SD-card-as-Ext4-in-R77-20-85/m-p/24981#M1045 G_W_Albrecht 2019-01-21T13:29:39Z