From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Petazzoni Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:07:25 +0200 Subject: [Buildroot] EXT2-fs error In-Reply-To: References: <29591683.post@talk.nabble.com> <29641651.post@talk.nabble.com> <20100913102031.03481d63@surf> <87mxrm6lrc.fsf@macbook.be.48ers.dk> <20100915133124.604f8b74@surf> Message-ID: <20100915190725.459aaca8@surf> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net Hello Johny, On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 12:39:37 +0000 Johnny Beardsmore wrote: > What does creating this file allow me to do (other than apply the > previously mentioned e2fsck to it)? I assume I'll still be > transfering all the same stuff to the target, but do I also include > this file, and if so, where should it be located? This file is the image of an ext2 filesystem, so you can just copy it raw to a USB key or the partition of a USB key, and then just mount the USB key. See I don't want to be/seem rude, but it seems you lack some really basic embedded Linux knowledge. May I suggest to order and read a book such as Building Embedded Linux Systems [1] ? That would really help you understanding what is going on. Also you are not explaining what you are trying to achieve *in the end*. It might be that generating an ext2 filesystem image is totally useless for what you're trying to do. Regards, Thomas [1] http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596529680 -- Thomas Petazzoni, Free Electrons Kernel, drivers, real-time and embedded Linux development, consulting, training and support. http://free-electrons.com