From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hamish Moffatt Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:59:09 +1000 Subject: [Buildroot] Improper device nodes created inside project_build_arm/uclibc/root/dev/ In-Reply-To: <8763uaqs3b.fsf@macbook.be.48ers.dk> References: <16803332.post@talk.nabble.com> <20080421140757.GC21702@cloud.net.au> <16819059.post@talk.nabble.com> <20080422005042.GA19794@cloud.net.au> <8763uaqs3b.fsf@macbook.be.48ers.dk> Message-ID: <20080422095909.GA31643@cloud.net.au> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 09:14:16AM +0200, Peter Korsgaard wrote: > >>>>> "Hamish" == Hamish Moffatt writes: > > Hi, > > >> If this is what it is suppose to do, then how to mount the same for NFS > >> boot. > > Hamish> You could mount a generated image file somewhere via the loopback > Hamish> device. Then you would have the devices that are in the image. ext2 > Hamish> would be a good choice. Do you want to write back to the root or not? > > Hamish> Alternatively you could add a new target output format for NFS root. > > We already have that - tarball creation. Good point. So, Hebbar: just use the tarball target, and extract it somewhere (as root) for use by your target system. Don't mount the buildroot/project_build.../.../root directory directly as it won't contain the real devices. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB