From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dell-paw-3.cambridge.redhat.com ([195.224.55.237] helo=passion.cambridge.redhat.com) by pentafluge.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 166ZXy-0001iy-00 for ; Wed, 21 Nov 2001 15:44:22 +0000 From: David Woodhouse In-Reply-To: <3BFBCE4A.5DF617F3@allot.com> References: <3BFBCE4A.5DF617F3@allot.com> <3BFBB870.5D435486@allot.com> <10926.1006355051@redhat.com> To: Felix Radensky Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: Kernel partition Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 15:54:52 +0000 Message-ID: <16766.1006358092@redhat.com> Sender: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: felix@allot.com said: > Thanks, David. I know I need some translation layer, and I have a > driver that provides it. My concern is disk partitioning. Will the > method I described > work ? Will I be able to use dd to copy kernel image to kernel > partition on block device ? That depends on your translation layer - I assume that'll work. Your translation layer code must use the gendisk mess to get partitioning to work. Persuading your bootloader to understand your translation layer and the partitioning within it, and hence to load the kernel from it, is a different matter. -- dwmw2