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From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
To: Juan Gonzo <kayemmess@yahoo.ca>
Cc: MTD Mailing List <mtd@infradead.org>
Subject: Re: persistence of files using jffs
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 08:37:36 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <9496.963560256@cygnus.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20000713200952.1875.qmail@web5302.mail.yahoo.com>


kayemmess@yahoo.ca said:
>    (1) mknod /dev/mtd3 b 31 3   (mtd3 is where the fs 'partition' is,
>                                  using examples from nora.c)

The block devices should be /dev/mtdblock<n>. /dev/mtd3 should be a 
character device. But the names don't really matter.


kayemmess@yahoo.ca said:
>  And I can 'umount /mnt' successfully as well.
> However, when I cycle power on the system, any *new* files I create or
> copy into this space are lost. 

Hmmm. Are they there when you unmount and remount? Can you make sure you're 
using the latest version from CVS, and enable CONFIG_JFFS_FS_VERBOSE?



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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-07-13 20:09 persistence of files using jffs Juan Gonzo
2000-07-14  7:37 ` David Woodhouse [this message]
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2000-07-14 23:09 Juan Gonzo
2000-07-15 13:26 ` David Woodhouse

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