From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
To: Felix Radensky <felix@allot.com>
Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: Kernel partition
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 15:04:11 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <10926.1006355051@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3BFBB870.5D435486@allot.com>
felix@allot.com said:
> I'd like to create 2 partitions on my flash disk: kernel partition
> (where kernel image resides) and normal ext2 partition. I was thinking
> of using fdisk and creating an ext2 partition at some offset from the
> start of the disk, thus reserving space for kernel partition. Will
> this work, or some other technique is required ?
No. You can't just put an ext2 filesystem on flash - at least not safely.
You need either a translation layer to pretend to be a normal block device,
or more usefully a real filesystem designed for use on flash, like JFFS2.
--
dwmw2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-11-21 14:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-11-21 14:21 Kernel partition Felix Radensky
2001-11-21 15:04 ` David Woodhouse [this message]
2001-11-21 15:54 ` Felix Radensky
2001-11-21 15:54 ` David Woodhouse
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