Hello Everyone, I found this doing a little search: http://www.mega-tokyo.com/osfaq2/index.php/Disk%20Images%20Under%20Linux So - I wonder - can we just use whatever geomoetry we like with a USB disk? I saw some comments about this a bit ealier on the list. It's going to be a fun test :-)
J ------------------------------- > Hello Andrea, > >>> >>> Also a question, is it possible to create an image without using a >>> physical device? This way it's easier to use the image create scripts >>> the Bering-uClibc team uses to create floppy and CD images to also be >>> used for USB images. >>> >> >> Well, I think yes. I think is feasible as buildpacket.pl does to >> create an inirtd image, something like: >> >> dd if=/dev/zero of=some to create space >> >> and then run mksomefs etc. >> > The Bering-uClibc team has scripts that do something like that for Floppy > and ISO images and also collect the packages from CVS, would be great if > the same method would also work for USB. > http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/leaf/src/bering-uclibc/buildtool/tools/ > > The createimage.sh and prepareimagefiles.sh take care of that. > >> Of course we should decide for a default size, and/or ask someway as >> parameter. >> > I think something like 64Mbyte should do, it's more than enough for all > packages. > >> Regards, >> Andrea Fino >> >> >> -- >> Andrea Fino 8-) - "Sistemi su misura di qualita' industriale" >> "Handcrafted systems with industrial quality" >> [Web: http://www.faino.org ]+[Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] >> > > Regards, > Eric > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting > language > that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live > webcast > and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding > territory! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 > > _______________________________________________ > leaf-devel mailing list > leaf-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 _______________________________________________ leaf-devel mailing list leaf-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
