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== Partitioning and formatting ==

First identify the device node of the card:
sudo fdisk -l

This will list all the storage devices connected to your PC. Assuming the SD card is connected via USB and is sdb:
export card=/dev/sdb
export p=""

First use the "umount" command (notice the different spelling without the 'n') to unmount all the partitions, and then use the "fdisk" command to partition the SD card:
sudo fdisk ${card}

Use the command o to delete all partitions, and then use command n to add new partitions.
Command (m for help): n # Type n
Partition type:
p primary (0 primary, 0 extended, 4 free)
e extended
Select (default p): # Press Enter Key
Using default response p
Partition number (1-4, default 1): # Press Enter Key
Using default value 1
First sector (2048-15523839, default 2048): # Press Enter Key
Using default value 2048
Last sector, +sectors or +size{K,M,G} (2048-15523839, default 15523839): +20M # Type +20M

Add the second partition

Command (m for help): n
Partition type: # Press Enter Key
p primary (1 primary, 0 extended, 3 free)
e extended
Select (default p):
Using default response p
Partition number (1-4, default 2): # Press Enter Key
Using default value 2
First sector (43008-15523839, default 43008):
Using default value 43008
Last sector, +sectors or +size{K,M,G} (43008-15523839, default 15523839): # Press Enter Key
Using default value 15523839

Write the partition table into the SD card:
Command (m for help): w # Type w

Format the partition:
sudo mkfs.vfat ${card}${p}1
sudo mkfs.ext4 ${card}${p}2

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 where ${u-boot-dir} represents the directory in which the u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin is.
-== Document ==
+== Documentation ==
 [http://wiki.lemaker.org/BananaPro/Pi:Setting_up_the_bootable_SD_card Source]

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		+	== Document ==

−	[http://wiki.lemaker.org/BananaPro/Pi:Setting_up_the_bootable_SD_card	+	[http://wiki.lemaker.org/BananaPro/Pi:Setting_up_the_bootable_SD_card Source]
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−	Source ]

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		+	http://wiki.lemaker.org/BananaPro/Pi:Setting_up_the_bootable_SD_card
		+	Source ]

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 == Partitioning and formatting ==
 First identify the device node of the card:
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   sudo dd if=${u-boot-dir}/u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin of=${card} bs=1024 seek=8
 where ${u-boot-dir} represents the directory in which the u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin is.

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	== Partitioning and formatting ==		== Partitioning and formatting ==
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		+	Source --> http://wiki.lemaker.org/BananaPro/Pi:Setting_up_the_bootable_SD_card

	First identify the device node of the card:		First identify the device node of the card:

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	sudo mkfs.vfat ${card}${p}1		sudo mkfs.vfat ${card}${p}1
	sudo mkfs.ext4 ${card}${p}2		sudo mkfs.ext4 ${card}${p}2
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		+	== Bootloader ==
		+
		+	To be on the safe side, erase the first part of your SD card:
		+	sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=${card} bs=1k count=1023 seek=1
		+
		+	Burn the bootloader into the SD card:
		+	sudo dd if=${u-boot-dir}/u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin of=${card} bs=1024 seek=8
		+	where ${u-boot-dir} represents the directory in which the u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin is.