Re: Initrd and rootfs build process

Hi Peter,

I confirm what Koen said...
Our current rootfs was built by a sequence of manual steps and day after
day refinements. The best way to generate one from scratch is to use
OpenEmbedded now.

About the initrd file, it was created in a similar fashion. However, I
don't know yet how this can be done with OpenEmbedded.

Here a few words about how you could create it from scratch by hand:

mkdir /mnt/initrd
dd if=/dev/zero of=initrd.img bs=1k count=2048
mkfs.ext2 -F initrd.img
mount -o loop initrd.img /mnt/initrd
<populate: busybox, modules, linuxrc script>
umount /mnt/initrd
cat initrd.img | gzip -9 > initrd

:-)

    Michael.

>I think OpenEmbedded is what you are looking for. Michael have the .conf file for the 2210 online somewhere.
>
>Regards,
>
>Koen
>
>-----Original Message-----
> >From: "Peter Vicman"<peter.vicman_at_uni-mb.si>
> >Sent: 15-7-04 10:43:12
> >To: "h2200-port_at_handhelds.org"<h2200-port_at_handhelds.org>
> >Subject: [H2200-port] Initrd and rootfs build process
> >
> >Hello all,
> >
> >I have Ipaq 2210 few monts now. Linux port for this device seems quite
> >promising. I already managed to get it on with instructions on
> >http://www.handhelds.org/z/wiki/HpIpaqH2200ssh. But I still don't know how
> >can I make initrd and rootfs from source. I mean not just change already
> >builded one, like this on http://opdenacker.org/pda/ipaq/starterkit/. Can
> >someone give me some useful instructions for that? I am familiar with basic
> >steps in building embedded systems.
> >
> >Best regards,
> > Peter Vicman
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