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Subject: Re: Making a UBIFS root file system
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On Sat, 2009-11-28 at 08:46 -0600, David Lambert wrote:
> Is there a similar tool to genext2fs for UBIFS? I would like to create a 
> root file system containing special files (/dev entries) without being 
> root. Any suggestions would be welcome.

Hi,

never used genext2fs, but I think there is nothing like this for UBIFS.
Would the "device table" work for you (see --devtable mkfs.ubifs
option).

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Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Артём Битюцкий)