Re: Cloning a filesystem using the bootldr

> It should also work for backups:
> boot> copy root hda1:backup.jffs2
> with the caveat that bootldr can only update files that already exist -- it cannot make new
directory entries. > Patches to fix that would be accepted.

I tried this command (after having created a file on the VFAT partition [IBM 340MB microdrive]),
but it failed:

boot> vfat ls
h3600_sleeve_insert: no spi read, defaulting sleeve vendor
h3600_sleeve_insert: no spi read, defaulting sleeve deviceid
 sleeve vendorid=00001125
 sleeve deviceid=0000D7C3
pcmcia_probe_sleeve
  probing for dual pcmcia sleeve
  dual_pcmcia_linkup[0]->prc=00000000
pcmcia_register_ops: ops=000311F4
h3600_sleeve_insert: matched driver Compaq PC Card Sleeve
cis mapping=28000000
.....
 boot.jffs2
   attr=00000020
   first_cluster=00006DB7
   n_bytes=000000DB

boot> copy root hda1:boot.jffs2
vfat_find_file_entry: fname='boot.jffs2'
                    dirname=''
                   basename='BOOT.JFFS2'
srclen=00FC0000
dstlen=000000DB
nbytes=00FC0000
ide command failed with status=00000059
  error reg=00000010
  cyl high reg=00000033
  cyl low reg=0000005A
.addr: 00000000 data: 20031985

The full partition seems to be dumped, but once Linux has booted and mounted the partition,
(/dev/hda1), boot.jffs2 is zero byte sized...

What did I miss ?

Thanks
Emmanuel
Received on Wed Aug 28 2002 - 15:48:09 EDT