Re: switch_root and centos

2009-12-14 Thread Denys Vlasenko
On Monday 14 December 2009 20:53, Christopher Barry wrote: > On Sun, 2009-12-13 at 22:30 -0500, Michael Di Domenico wrote: > > Can anyone point me towards a how-to that shows step by step how to > > boot up busybox and then switch_root to Centos installed on a local > > hard drive and start that up

Information regarding today's BusyBox GPL enforcement lawsuit

2009-12-14 Thread Bradley M. Kuhn
Dear BusyBox Developers, As some of you know, BusyBox is a member project of the Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc. One of the services that the Conservancy offers is assistance enforcing FLOSS licenses such as the GPL. For some time, led by efforts at the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) (who

Re: switch_root and centos

2009-12-14 Thread Michael Di Domenico
Mount move what though? I thought switchroot was support to do that under the covers, basically swapping /dev/ram0 rootfs / with /dev/hda ext3 /newroot then do a chroot into / and then run what? this seems to be where i'm getting stuck... :( though once the above fails and i end up back in

Re: switch_root and centos

2009-12-14 Thread Christopher Barry
On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 14:53 -0500, Christopher Barry wrote: > On Sun, 2009-12-13 at 22:30 -0500, Michael Di Domenico wrote: > > Can anyone point me towards a how-to that shows step by step how to > > boot up busybox and then switch_root to Centos installed on a local > > hard drive and start that u

Re: switch_root and centos

2009-12-14 Thread Christopher Barry
On Sun, 2009-12-13 at 22:30 -0500, Michael Di Domenico wrote: > Can anyone point me towards a how-to that shows step by step how to > boot up busybox and then switch_root to Centos installed on a local > hard drive and start that up? > > After messing with busybox for a few days, i've gotten it to

Re: Patch / RFC: add "flashcp" applet

2009-12-14 Thread Denys Vlasenko
On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Mikhail Gusarov wrote: > Twas brillig at 15:53:22 11.12.2009 UTC+01 when > stefan.seyfr...@googlemail.com did gyre and gimble: > >  >> "int total"? This is 2009, 2 Gb limit is too tight. > >  SS> I'm still waiting to see MTD devices with more than two GB. Ok, >  SS

Re: Patch / RFC: add "flashcp" applet

2009-12-14 Thread Dan Fandrich
On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 09:14:31PM +0600, Mikhail Gusarov wrote: > Twas brillig at 16:10:10 11.12.2009 UTC+01 when > stefan.seyfr...@googlemail.com did gyre and gimble: > > >> 2GB already: http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Nook > > SS> And this is MTD? Not some cheap usb-storage stick soldered o