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Subject: Re: Booting from JFFS2 
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baoha@sensoria.com said:
>  I am looking for an easy way to update the kernel and the fs image.
> Ext2 will allow me to mount it, cp/rm the compressed files: linux.gz
> and initrd.gz, umount it and reboot. 

You shouldn't need an initrd - why can't the kernel use the JFFS2 as root 
filesystem? And you can put a kernel onto the flash partition directly, 
without having to use a filesystem.

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dwmw2