On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 07:28:39PM -0400, Martin Langhoff wrote: > On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 7:01 PM, James Cameron <qu...@laptop.org> wrote: > > No, certainly not. ?There's no justification for either mke2fs or > > resize2fs to write to blocks that do not form part of the filesystem > > metadata. ?Why would you want to zero-out blocks anyway? > > Thinking of a deployment trying minimize reflash times.
Make sure to mention NANDblaster. > What if they have a signed Forth script to run on a USB stick that... ? > > - runs fs-update u:\myimage.zd -- a "small-sized" img > - boots a signed kernel and signed initramfs from the USB stick -- > where the initramfs just executes resize2fs, prints success/failure > and waits to be switched off I agree, this should work. It seems about the same amount of work as building all images small and resizing them up on first boot. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
