Yes, I too have observed that there is some difference between doing an actual copy and unzipping ramdisk.img, Shouldn't it be the same, softlinks or no softlinks ?
Thanks & Regards, Pavan Savoy. On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 9:22 PM, Misael Lopez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 2. I want to make a complete filesystem in a single directory which i > > can directly mount via nfs > > so assume "root" is the directory so shall i copy the contents of > > system to root/system & data to root/data > > & what about "symbols" ? > data directory is created by init.rc and populated the first time > android boots. So the filesystem to boot from nfs could be created by > doing something like: > > cp -r out/target/product/generic/root/* <nfs_directory>/ > cp -r out/target/product/generic/system <nfs_directory>/ > > Maybe someone else could explain what data & symbols dirs are intented for. > > Misa > > 2008/11/19 nimit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > Hi Shivanand, > > > > Thanx for this info.... > > > > One more doubt as you mentioned that in out/target/product/generic I > > do have both these folders > > viz "root" & "system" plus I have folders like "data" & "symbols" > > also, but you are telling i can directlty copy them, so i have a doubt > > like :- > > > > 1. What is the use of other folders like "data" & "symbols" (I have > > seen the contents ), "symbols" is containing the bin & lib. > > > > 2. I want to make a complete filesystem in a single directory which i > > can directly mount via nfs > > so assume "root" is the directory so shall i copy the contents of > > system to root/system & data to root/data > > & what about "symbols" ? > > > > Please help me out as I am in total confusion :( > > > > Thanks & Regards > > Nimit > > > > On Nov 19, 4:43 pm, "Shivananda Hebbar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Nimit, > >> If you have built the complete android source (as you mentioned in > >> your previous mail) then you can copy the contents of root and system > >> folders directly using normal cp commands. > >> > >> for more info you can check with this site: > >> > >> https://omapzoom.org/gf/project/omapandroid/wiki/?pagename=Installing. > .. > >> > >> -Shiv > >> > >> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 2:10 PM, Nimit Manglick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> > Hi Shivanand, > >> > >> > I have created the soft link. :) > >> > >> > Now please correct me if i am wrong anywhere else. > >> > >> > Thanks > >> > Nimit > >> > >> > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 10:59 AM, Shivananda Hebbar < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > wrote: > >> > >> >> etc folder is in system/bin/etc. > >> > >> >> create a softlink at root to etc > >> > >> >> Are you trying to build android filesystem from git or trying to > >> >> extract from the running emulator. > >> > >> >> --Shiv > >> > >> >> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 10:42 AM, nimit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> > >> >> > Hi, > >> > >> >> > I am trying to port android on TI Omap. I am following teh > >> >> > instructions from the following link :- > >> > >> >> >http://elinux.org/Android_on_OMAP > >> > >> >> > But i am facing some issues with ramdisk.img. According to it when > we > >> >> > unzip this CPIO archive ( cpio -iv < ../ramdisk) it should give us > teh > >> >> > following root file system tree :- > >> > >> >> > data > >> >> > dev > >> >> > etc > >> >> > init > >> >> > proc > >> >> > sbin > >> >> > sys > >> >> > system > >> >> > tmp > >> >> > var > >> > >> >> > But to my surprise it iss giving me ONLY the following :- > >> > >> >> > dev > >> >> > default.prop > >> >> > sbin > >> >> > sbin/adbd > >> >> > proc > >> >> > sys > >> >> > system > >> >> > data > >> >> > init.rc > >> >> > init.goldfish.rc > >> >> > init > >> >> > 437 blocks > >> > >> >> > So there is etc , tmp & var folders are missing. > >> > >> >> > I have done the repo sync yesterday only. Please help me is this a > >> >> > problem & whats the solution for it.?? > >> > >> >> > Thanks in advance > >> >> > Nimit > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
