Re: [Ltib] jffs2 staging area

[Stuart Hughes]

Hi Todd,

The short answer is not at the moment without adding some code.

In the mean time what I'd recommend is to boot your target using NFS
root and then copy the jffs image to the rootfs area (say rootfs/tmp) on
the host.  Then on the target you can easily mount this and examine it.

On your second question, yes.  Select and build the packages in question
and then simply de-select and rebuild (./ltib --configure does the
config/build in one step).  The package is removed from the rootfs, but
the binary rpm is still present under rpm/RPMS/_arch_.  So if you
re-select the package, it will just re-install/re-built the image
without having to rebuild anything from source.

Regards, Stuart

address@hidden wrote:
> Is it possible to generate a staging area that corresponds exactly to
> the rootfs.jffs2 file?  I realize that we can generate a rootfs.tmp but
> this includes files that can be stripped out before the rootfs.jffs2
> file is created.
> 
> I would like to do this because now my  rootfs.jffs2 file is bigger than
> my flash.  Since it won't fit in my flash, I can't load it in my target
> and look at it.  I need a way to examine the rootfs.jffs2 file on the
> host easily.  I know there is a way to mount the jffs2 file on the host
> but it's pretty painful and I haven't been successful doing it.
> 
> Another question: Is it possible to have LTIB generate some applications
> and not put them into the  rootfs.jffs2 file.  For example, since I'm
> having trouble fitting everything in my flash, could LTIB build MySQL
> and not put it in rootfs.jffs2 but instead put it aside and let me
> install it on the target hard drive.
> 
> Thanks for any ideas!
> todd
> 
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