Re: Cloning a filesystem using the bootldr

From: Mark G. Lewis (Lewis@erg.sri.com)
Date: Wed Aug 28 2002 - 17:30:57 EDT


Emmanuel,

You only got 219 bytes because that's what the FAT table says you have room for. 00DB = 219 as you see here when you
did 'vfat ls'

> boot.jffs2
> attr=00000020
> first_cluster=00006DB7
> n_bytes=000000DB

Please note that the bootldr does not create new file entries. You must already have a file entry of the desired name,
and size, already in your FAT directory. For ipaq model H3700, I used a size of 0x01fc0000 bytes. For H3600 use
0x00fc0000 bytes. I made a file of the required size using WinXP onto the CF or Microdrive before I executed the clone
commands in ipaq Bootldr.

Also, I use file names such as root29a.jf2.
Just a paranoidism for 8.3 naming for DOS FAT's, and a reminder that it is the 'root' partition from my ipaq number 29
(no I don't have 29 ipaqs!). I then can collect several roots from different versions.

Mark



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