[Q] E:unknown volume for path [/sd-ext]

[Esoteric68]

In my defense, and before anyone jumps up and yells "questions go in Q&A forum" I know that and originally posted this question in the Q&A forum but, as is the case too often with the Q&A forums, it got only one response and no real answer.

So at the risk of being flamed (I have thick skin, I can handle it) I'm moving the post here in hopes of getting some help with understanding this.

Thanks in advance to anyone who responds with valid information/answers.

Anytime I wipe Dalvik Cache I get the following message.

E:unknown volume for path [/sd-ext]

I haven't altered any of the settings in my phone (that I know of) and I seem able to read from my sd card just fine so I don't think it's negatively affecting anything but I'd like to know why I get this and what it means.

Original thread.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1898300

 

[RocStar629]

I googled for you:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1659203

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[Esoteric68]

I googled for you:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1659203

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Much appreciated but I didn't realize it isn't wiping dalvik cache so wouldn't have known to search for that problem. I never partition my sd cards and only started seeing this error a few weeks ago despite having wiped dalvik cache (on 3 different phones) many times. Or maybe I just didn't notice it before if it's a common issue with un-partioned sd cards.

Thanks for your help.

 

[RocStar629]

Much appreciated but I didn't realize it isn't wiping dalvik cache so wouldn't have known to search for that problem. I never partition my sd cards and only started seeing this error a few weeks ago despite having wiped dalvik cache (on 3 different phones) many times. Or maybe I just didn't notice it before if it's a common issue with un-partioned sd cards.

Thanks for your help.

It's still wiping your dalvik just not EXT dalvik because your sd isn't partitioned. So it's still wiping internal dalvik. That's why it says dalvik wiped after it tells you no ext found.

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[Esoteric68]

It's still wiping your dalvik just not EXT dalvik because your sd isn't partitioned. So it's still wiping internal dalvik. That's why it says dalvik wiped after it tells you no ext found.

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Okay that makes sense.

Thanks for the responses.

 

[xPSYB0RGx]

So if we let it repartition, then we loose all the data on the card right? I have a 16gb (i know its not much compared to you 64gb sd'rs) but sometimes it can be slow (it is class 10) and yes, I know the benefits would be great, but I feel kinda lazy and do not want to repartition if I dont have to.

 

[soul3n]

It's still wiping your dalvik just not EXT dalvik because your sd isn't partitioned. So it's still wiping internal dalvik. That's why it says dalvik wiped after it tells you no ext found.

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Hi, I DO have my card partitioned.

I used minitool to partition 1.5GB of my microsd in ext-2 and I still get this error.