I think just adding my files to the file structure before the USB image is created might work. I can also put in a 2GB file that I can later delete on the target to create more spare space. I need to allow space for the codecs and drivers along with the helix framework and players.
Jim A On Fri, 2008-08-01 at 15:05 -0700, Karur Mohan, Prajwal wrote: > I don't think anybody is working on that. It's a nice feature to have. > Will put it on my to-do list. > Thanks, > Praj > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lynch, Rusty > Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 2:46 PM > To: Jim Abernathy > Cc: Ubuntu Mobile list; Karur Mohan, Prajwal > Subject: Re: bootable USB R/W images > > On Fri, 2008-08-01 at 14:18 -0700, Rusty Lynch wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-08-01 at 17:07 -0400, Jim Abernathy wrote: > > > I want to build a bootable USB Flash R/W image on an 8GB Flash key. > > > > > > I have done this with image-creator and run on a small 1G flash key. > Now > > > I want to build a 8GB flash bootable R/W image so I can add .mp4 > videos > > > for a demo. When I followed the same process as before, it worked, > but I > > > seem to have no more space on the flash key. There must be some > fixed > > > size limit that someone used to create the file system which isn't > > > dynamically increasing when I use a 8GB flash key. Is there a way to > fix > > > this? > > > > This is an artifact from creating the image on disk, and then just > > dd'ing the image to the flash key. It's something that's bugged me > for > > a while, but I never got around to changing the way the key creation > > works. > > > > For now, you should be able to take your new usb-rw key, > > * mount it and copy over all the files to some place on disk > > * fdisk the key creating one big vfat partition (use the 'o' option > and > > then the 'w' option) > > * create a new vfat partition on the entire disk (sudo mkfs.vfat > > -I /dev/SOMETHING) > > * install a new boot sector (sudo syslinux /dev/SOMETHING) > > * Mount the disk and copy over all the original files > > > > This is all untested, but at least pretty close to something that > should > > work. > > Looks like you have to also manually create a new ext3fs.img > > Praj... do you know if anyone is working on making mic take advantage of > the full usb key on a usb rw image? > > --rusty -- Ubuntu-mobile mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-mobile
