I am using card2 where I have frozen btrfs file system due to raspberry pi kernel sources emerge. Inserted on eow: eos /home/jlpoole # ls /dev/mmc* -lat brw-rw---- 1 root disk 179, 1 Sep 19 09:15 /dev/mmcblk0p1 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 179, 2 Sep 19 09:15 /dev/mmcblk0p2 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 179, 0 Sep 19 09:15 /dev/mmcblk0 eos /home/jlpoole # eos /home/jlpoole # mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/card2 eos /home/jlpoole # cat >/mnt/card2/cat_attempt_from_eos_202309190927.txt test eos /home/jlpoole # ls /mnt/card2/cat* /mnt/card2/cat_attempt_from_eos_202309190927.txt eos /home/jlpoole # sync eos /home/jlpoole # touch /mnt/card2/touch_attempt_from_eos_202309190928.txt eos /home/jlpoole # ls /mnt/card2/touch* /mnt/card2/touch_attempt_from_eos_202309190928.txt eos /home/jlpoole # sync eos /home/jlpoole # umount /mnt/card2 eos /home/jlpoole # date Tue Sep 19 09:28:54 PDT 2023 eos /home/jlpoole # mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/card2 eos /home/jlpoole # ls /mnt/card2/touch* ls: cannot access '/mnt/card2/touch*': No such file or directory eos /home/jlpoole # ls /mnt/card2/cat* ls: cannot access '/mnt/card2/cat*': No such file or directory eos /home/jlpoole # umount /mnt/card2 eos /home/jlpoole # eos /home/jlpoole # fdisk -l /dev/mmcblk0 Disk /dev/mmcblk0: 59.48 GiB, 63864569856 bytes, 124735488 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 Disklabel type: dos Disk identifier: 0xdb97fc2a Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type /dev/mmcblk0p1 * 2048 524287 522240 255M c W95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/mmcblk0p2 524288 124735487 124211200 59.2G 83 Linux eos /home/jlpoole # See if I can write to FAT32 partition: eos /home/jlpoole # date Tue Sep 19 09:22:28 PDT 2023 eos /home/jlpoole # mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/card2 eos /home/jlpoole # ls -lat /mnt/card2 total 71688 drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Sep 19 09:15 .. -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3081 Aug 19 18:08 startup.sh -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3021 Aug 19 17:59 autoexpand_root.sh -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Aug 19 16:08 ssh -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1878 Aug 19 15:17 config.txt -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 162 Aug 19 01:24 cmdline.txt drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 24576 Aug 18 01:07 overlays -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 30119 Aug 18 01:06 bcm2710-rpi-2-b.dtb -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 32482 Aug 18 01:06 bcm2710-rpi-3-b-plus.dtb -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 31871 Aug 18 01:06 bcm2710-rpi-3-b.dtb -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 30106 Aug 18 01:06 bcm2710-rpi-cm3.dtb -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 31179 Aug 18 01:06 bcm2710-rpi-zero-2-w.dtb -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 31179 Aug 18 01:06 bcm2710-rpi-zero-2.dtb -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 51955 Aug 18 01:06 bcm2711-rpi-4-b.dtb -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 52087 Aug 18 01:06 bcm2711-rpi-400.dtb -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 52540 Aug 18 01:06 bcm2711-rpi-cm4.dtb -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 49870 Aug 18 01:06 bcm2711-rpi-cm4s.dtb -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 20912 Aug 18 01:06 bcm2837-rpi-3-a-plus.dtb -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 21777 Aug 18 01:06 bcm2837-rpi-3-b-plus.dtb -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 21313 Aug 18 01:06 bcm2837-rpi-3-b.dtb -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 20640 Aug 18 01:06 bcm2837-rpi-cm3-io3.dtb -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 24003072 Aug 18 01:06 kernel8-p4.img -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 22385152 Aug 18 01:06 kernel8.img -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4177063 Aug 17 23:56 initramfs-2.0.0.cpio.gz -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 52476 Aug 17 15:39 bootcode.bin -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7265 Aug 17 15:39 fixup.dat -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5398 Aug 17 15:39 fixup4.dat -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3170 Aug 17 15:39 fixup4cd.dat -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8382 Aug 17 15:39 fixup4db.dat -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8386 Aug 17 15:39 fixup4x.dat -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3170 Aug 17 15:39 fixup_cd.dat -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10229 Aug 17 15:39 fixup_db.dat -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10229 Aug 17 15:39 fixup_x.dat -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2975104 Aug 17 15:39 start.elf -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2250848 Aug 17 15:39 start4.elf -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 805436 Aug 17 15:39 start4cd.elf -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3747240 Aug 17 15:39 start4db.elf -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2998344 Aug 17 15:39 start4x.elf -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 805436 Aug 17 15:39 start_cd.elf -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4819144 Aug 17 15:39 start_db.elf -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3721992 Aug 17 15:39 start_x.elf -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Dec 31 1979 dont_autoexpand_root drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 16384 Dec 31 1969 . eos /home/jlpoole # touch /mnt/card2/eos_touched_202309190923.txt eos /home/jlpoole # umount /mnt/card2 eos /home/jlpoole # mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/card2 eos /home/jlpoole # ls -lat /mnt/card2/eos* ls: cannot access '/mnt/card2/eos*': No such file or directory eos /home/jlpoole # ls -lat /mnt/card2/boot* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 52476 Aug 17 15:39 /mnt/card2/bootcode.bin eos /home/jlpoole # umount /mnt/card2 eos /home/jlpoole # date Tue Sep 19 09:24:39 PDT 2023 eos /home/jlpoole # eos /home/jlpoole # mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/card2 eos /home/jlpoole # cat >/mnt/card2/cat_attempt_from_eos_202309190927.txt test eos /home/jlpoole # ls /mnt/card2/cat* /mnt/card2/cat_attempt_from_eos_202309190927.txt eos /home/jlpoole # sync eos /home/jlpoole # touch /mnt/card2/touch_attempt_from_eos_202309190928.txt eos /home/jlpoole # ls /mnt/card2/touch* /mnt/card2/touch_attempt_from_eos_202309190928.txt eos /home/jlpoole # sync eos /home/jlpoole # umount /mnt/card2 eos /home/jlpoole # date Tue Sep 19 09:28:54 PDT 2023 eos /home/jlpoole # mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/card2 eos /home/jlpoole # ls /mnt/card2/touch* ls: cannot access '/mnt/card2/touch*': No such file or directory eos /home/jlpoole # ls /mnt/card2/cat* ls: cannot access '/mnt/card2/cat*': No such file or directory eos /home/jlpoole # umount /mnt/card2 eos /home/jlpoole # eos /home/jlpoole # man fsck eos /home/jlpoole # date Tue Sep 19 09:32:01 PDT 2023 eos /home/jlpoole # fsck -y /dev/mmcblk0p1 fsck from util-linux 2.38.1 eos /home/jlpoole # fsck -y /dev/mmcblk0p2 fsck from util-linux 2.38.1 eos /home/jlpoole # eos /home/jlpoole # mount /dev/mmcblk0p2 /mnt/card2 eos /home/jlpoole # date; time btrfs rescue zero-log /mnt/card2 Tue Sep 19 09:35:25 PDT 2023 ERROR: not a regular file or block device: /mnt/card2 ERROR: could not open ctree real 0m0.002s user 0m0.001s sys 0m0.000s eos /home/jlpoole # ls -la /mnt/card2/home total 16 drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 30 Aug 19 11:08 . drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 126 Aug 17 18:08 .. drwxr-xr-x 1 jlpoole users 64 Aug 17 16:46 demouser drwxr-xr-x 1 1001 1001 334 Sep 10 08:54 jlpoole eos /home/jlpoole # umount /mnt/card2 eos /home/jlpoole # date; time btrfs rescue zero-log /dev/mmcblk0p2 Tue Sep 19 09:36:22 PDT 2023 Clearing log on /dev/mmcblk0p2, previous log_root 0, level 0 real 0m0.030s user 0m0.003s sys 0m0.000s eos /home/jlpoole # mount /dev/mmcblk0p2 /mnt/card2 eos /home/jlpoole # touch /mnt/card2/eos_touch_20230919_0937.txt eos /home/jlpoole # umount /mnt/card2 eos /home/jlpoole # mount /dev/mmcblk0p2 /mnt/card2 eos /home/jlpoole # ls -la /mnt/card2/eo* ls: cannot access '/mnt/card2/eo*': No such file or directory eos /home/jlpoole # umount /mnt/card2 eos /home/jlpoole # date; time btrfs rescue zero-log /dev/mmcblk0p1 Tue Sep 19 09:38:49 PDT 2023 No valid Btrfs found on /dev/mmcblk0p1 ERROR: could not open ctree real 0m0.021s user 0m0.002s sys 0m0.000s eos /home/jlpoole # # above duly aborts since p1 is FAT eos /home/jlpoole # date Tue Sep 19 09:39:21 PDT 2023 eos /home/jlpoole # mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/card2 eos /home/jlpoole # touch /mnt/card2/eos_touch_20230919_0939.txt eos /home/jlpoole # ls /mnt/card2/eos* -la -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Sep 19 09:40 /mnt/card2/eos_touch_20230919_0939.txt eos /home/jlpoole # umount /mnt/card2 eos /home/jlpoole # mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/card2 eos /home/jlpoole # ls /mnt/card2/eos* -la ls: cannot access '/mnt/card2/eos*': No such file or directory eos /home/jlpoole # umount /mnt/card2 eos /home/jlpoole #