Also don't forget to create the following link: etc -> /system/etc
etc needs to be in the root



On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 8:27 PM, hedwin <[email protected]> wrote:
> I unpack the images so I am sure I have everything. I use the init.rc as is.
>
> Hedwin Koning
>
> On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Alexey Roslyakov
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> It's not required to unpack smth. - all files are available in out/
>> target/product/<product_name>/root && out/target/product/
>> <product_name>/system
>> You could copy system into root and use single NFS share. Also you
>> have to change init.rc and comment out mount commands that's not
>> needed.
>>
>> On 9 дек, 15:12, hedwin <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Ok, am using NFS as well.
>>>
>>> To get an RFS for a NFS based system the only thing you need to do is
>>> unpack the ramdisk, userdata and system images.
>>> If you are using android cupcake you should be able to mount the
>>> images it as a ext2 filesystem and extract the data.
>>> For donut you need to mount it as a yaffs2 filesystem. There is also a
>>> tooling that can do the extracting for you, tool is call unyaffs2.
>>> What is left is to tell the kernel that you are using an NFS rootfs
>>> and set the correct init in the kernel command line.
>>>
>>> Hedwin Koning
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 12:42 PM, linux newbie <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>> > currently I am planning to use NFS as I have only 32MB Flash, but soon
>>> > will be upgrading to higher capacity.
>>>
>>> > On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 5:19 PM, hedwin <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> >> What are you using flash or NFS?
>>>
>>> >> Hedwin Koning
>>>
>>> >> On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 5:00 AM, linux newbie <[email protected]> 
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >>> Hi,
>>>
>>> >>> I compiled linux_2_6_31_1 with Android support for my target PXA255
>>> >>> based platform.
>>>
>>> >>> Next step is to add, android specific files i.e system & data in the
>>> >>> Root File System. Can anybody let me know how to do this step?
>>>
>>> >>> Is there any link that gives step-by-step instructions?
>>>
>>> >>> Thanks
>>>
>>> >>> On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Anil Sasidharan <[email protected]> 
>>> >>> wrote:
>>> >>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> >>>>            Android = android-kernel + android-userspace
>>>
>>> >>>> Warm Regards,
>>> >>>> Anil
>>>
>>> >>>> On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 6:59 AM, linux newbie <[email protected]>
>>> >>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> >>>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> >>>>> I enabled Android specific configurations in linux 2.6.31 distribution
>>> >>>>> i.e using make menuconfig. Compiled the kernel and booted it in my
>>> >>>>> platform.
>>>
>>> >>>>> I couldnt find any difference (ofcourse, I havent updated my root file
>>> >>>>> system) as I was expecting android logo while booting.
>>>
>>> >>>>> do we need to have root file system with android specific binaries in
>>> >>>>> order to have boot image??
>>>
>>> >>>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> >>>>> On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 10:22 AM, linux newbie 
>>> >>>>> <[email protected]>
>>> >>>>> wrote:
>>> >>>>> > Hi,
>>>
>>> >>>>> > Thanks for your email.
>>>
>>> >>>>> > Can you please let me know the link from which I can download the
>>> >>>>> > Android-patch (against linux kernel)?
>>>
>>> >>>>> > 2009/12/7 தங்கமணி அருண் <[email protected]>:
>>>
>>> >>>>> >> 2009/12/4 android_newbie <[email protected]>
>>>
>>> >>>>> >>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> >>>>> >>> Our ARM based embedded platform runs on linux-2.6.31 kernel 
>>> >>>>> >>> version.
>>> >>>>> >>> We want to port android on top of it. We first want to boot the 
>>> >>>>> >>> board
>>> >>>>> >>> with Android and then proceed with application development.
>>>
>>> >>>>> >>> After going though the android related websites the following is 
>>> >>>>> >>> my
>>> >>>>> >>> understanding and please correct me if I am wrong.
>>>
>>> >>>>> >>> 1. Download Android kernel patch against the linux version.
>>> >>>>> >>> 2. Apply the patch and compile the kernel.
>>>
>>> >>>>> >> kernel.org + android-patch+your board specific patch--> then 
>>> >>>>> >> compile
>>>
>>> >>>>> >>> 3. Boot the system.
>>>
>>> >>>>> >>> Please let me know if I miss anything.
>>>
>>> >>>>> >>> Thanks
>>>
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