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zeusj@firstlinux.net said:
> thank you for your reply , David , I've got the appropriate entry in /
> proc/mtd and I make the device file with "mknod /dev/mtdblock0 b 31
> 0", but when I try to mount jffs on it, it appears wrong  message"no
> such device", what'wrong with it?

In the 2.4 kernel, you also need CONFIG_MTD_BLOCK defined so the fake 
blockdevice driver is included. (This is about to be fixed in 2.5, but that 
won't be backported to 2.4).


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