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From: Steven Scholz <steven.scholz@imc-berlin.de>
To: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: Fast rollout process on jffs2?
Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 17:42:40 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4295EE70.8000608@imc-berlin.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4295ED9E.6000508@arcom.com>

David Vrabel wrote:

> Robert Schwebel wrote:
> 
>>Is there a method for faster rollout of an embedded root filesystem on
>>jffs2? I'm currently first erase the chip from u-boot, then copy the
>>image created with mkfs.jffs2 into the empty flash. On first startup it
>>seems to detect that the partition is larger than the actual image and
>>it takes quite some time before the / mount is finished. 
>>
>>Does anybody know a faster variant? 
> 
> 
> You can pad the JFFS2 image with the --pad option to mkfs.jffs2.

But isn't it padded with 0xFF only?

Or will it place the magic "1985 2003" as well?

--
Steven

  reply	other threads:[~2005-05-26 15:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-05-26 15:22 Fast rollout process on jffs2? Robert Schwebel
2005-05-26 15:39 ` David Vrabel
2005-05-26 15:42   ` Steven Scholz [this message]
2005-05-26 16:04     ` David Vrabel
2005-05-26 16:46       ` Robert Schwebel
2005-05-26 16:54         ` Steven Scholz
2005-05-26 17:17           ` Robert Schwebel
2005-05-26 17:26             ` Steven Scholz
2005-05-29 21:48               ` Wolfgang Denk
2005-05-27 12:37         ` David Woodhouse
2005-05-27 12:53           ` Ian Campbell
2005-05-27 13:07             ` David Woodhouse

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