From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Emmanuel BOUAZIZ Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:34:02 +0100 Subject: [Buildroot] buildroot with SquashFS root file system In-Reply-To: <201112080827.03828.minimod@morethan.org> References: <4EDE32C3.7020400@neotion.com> <87pqfzbaq9.fsf@macbook.be.48ers.dk> <4EE09ED3.5060102@neotion.com> <201112080827.03828.minimod@morethan.org> Message-ID: <4EE0F50A.4070401@neotion.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net On 12/08/2011 03:27 PM, Michael S. Zick wrote: > You do not have to put your entire run-time file system in the initramfs, > only what you need to establish the full run-time file system. > I.E: Your full run-time file system can remain as a squashfs file. > You just have to provide the "init" scripting to get it loaded and > mounted while in the early user space of the initramfs. > > See: EarlyUserSpace in the kernel documentation tree; > and maybe look at how some "LiveCD" systems handle the setup. I'll take a look at that, thank you! -- Emmanuel