Does the kernel format erased flash, defined as partition? From the Uboot prompt i erase the space: erase 0xa0000000 +2800000 Configured my kernel to have 3 partitions. The 3rd is started at address 0xa0000000 with size 0x2800000. This partition mounted at system boot: mount -t jffs22 /dev/mtdblock/2 /mnt and after simple make dir mkdir -p /mnt/abcd Now, when i start the system 1st time, it is taking more time to load at the `mkdir'. All follow reboots go smooth. It is look like mtd driver formats the partition. Can anybody confirm this? When is it happen? Thanks for help. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ