From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA07ECD3430 for ; Mon, 4 May 2026 13:08:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpout-03.galae.net (smtpout-03.galae.net [185.246.85.4]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.msgproc02-g2.14218.1777900121294544503 for ; Mon, 04 May 2026 06:08:42 -0700 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=fail reason="dkim: key syntax error: missing public key data" header.i=@rootcommit.com header.s=dkim header.b=Ckhcxu3f; spf=pass (domain: rootcommit.com, ip: 185.246.85.4, mailfrom: michael.opdenacker@rootcommit.com) Received: from smtpout-01.galae.net (smtpout-01.galae.net [212.83.139.233]) by smtpout-03.galae.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EEC6D4E42BB4 for ; Mon, 4 May 2026 13:08:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.galae.net (mail.galae.net [212.83.136.155]) by smtpout-01.galae.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BA3375FD5F; Mon, 4 May 2026 13:08:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Mailerdaemon) with ESMTPSA id 3DB1811AD18E6; Mon, 4 May 2026 15:08:37 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=rootcommit.com; s=dkim; t=1777900118; h=from:subject:date:message-id:to:cc:mime-version:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-language:in-reply-to:references; bh=3y1IfkCFarXDiMmaQgpxayJfCBbSCalDFwe0plaKCDw=; b=Ckhcxu3fu9BiBZGqCE0qo9sIOgJ8kpV54iycZXAA9G7+p+CfLvNa21j4X2Y+SckBWA+O4I MQKkMr1TMoK1CgnpwY0dYMQ6oo5V10Ya9UZnYipBM35Sj3cJPtp5+dPoiaJEdXBj9D+JaN iXuY33XGQFO+FQDXoVx/t3rMqgg3Lm8DSqfEKiLag+BGxPbHHM8ym5i49PRZ/kvefEoEHU JkAuKFqeTiO8u8FanXM9phE7QzxRKOmb43TEHXrtKJMVwshy3/dV9vVBTJcUzGFmTBHBvb KVurkKaKPH4dHhBjuHgZ5cNxH55K3NQsYAnYgAckZhqLVeb0m2tJlLCBL7MQSA== Message-ID: Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 15:08:36 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cc: michael.opdenacker@rootcommit.com, yocto@lists.yoctoproject.org Subject: Re: [yocto] Simple solution to create a non-root partition image? To: Quentin Schulz References: <9e2ba2a4-9aee-4676-b623-c811a0a7292a@rootcommit.com> Content-Language: en-US From: Michael Opdenacker In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Last-TLS-Session-Version: TLSv1.3 List-Id: X-Webhook-Received: from 45-33-107-173.ip.linodeusercontent.com [45.33.107.173] by aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org with HTTPS for ; Mon, 04 May 2026 13:08:48 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/yocto/message/66470 Hi Quentin, Thanks a lot for the tip! On 5/4/26 10:47 AM, Quentin Schulz wrote: > Do you need to generate an image for that partition or can you simply > have what will be part of that partition be generated along with the > "root partition" image? > > As far as I remember, wic can split files/directories into a separate > partition from the rootfs, so that would be an option that doesn't > require hacking things around. Interesting! Unfortunately, I'm not using Wic but Toradex Easy Installer on this project. Therefore I do need to generate a partition image beforehand. Thanks anyway! I good to know for another time. Cheers Michael.-- Root Commit Embedded Linux Training and Consulting https://rootcommit.com