From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from majordomo by infradead.org with local (Exim 3.16 #2) id 143Lq3-0000xX-00 for mtd-list@infradead.org; Tue, 05 Dec 2000 17:25:11 +0000 Received: from rf-mail1.echostar.com ([205.172.144.40] helo=rf-exch2.echostar.com) by infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #2) id 143Lq2-0000xR-00 for mtd@infradead.org; Tue, 05 Dec 2000 17:25:10 +0000 Message-ID: <3A2D24D4.FC82D90D@echostar.com> Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 10:24:37 -0700 From: "Ian S. Nelson" Reply-To: ian.nelson@echostar.com MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "mtd@infradead.org" Subject: Possibly a FAQ or stupid question Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-mtd@infradead.org List-ID: but is there an MTD how-to or anything? I'm talking about a real idiot's guide, I'm just kind of hacking my way through a project and I am rapidly approaching the time when I will need a flash burner program. Can I just dd to the flash? Assuming that my AMD flash works with CFI... I've also skimmed the archives on JFFS, any pros and cons vs. an initrd and burning it in there linearly? Right now my boot loader will boot strap a kernel out of flash and then I hacked the kernel to scan for my initrd in flash and it will decompress it and run, works like a champ but I need a way to put a new initrd in there now. Is JFFS compressed? Can I set aside a few K at the end of flash for my boot loader and then a few hundred at the beginning for my kernel and use JFFS in the middle? thanks, Ian To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe mtd" to majordomo@infradead.org