If you're worried about permissions, you can use tar xjpf which maintains permissions set.
Russell Dwiggins |-----Original Message----- |From: angstrom-distro-users-boun...@linuxtogo.org [mailto:angstrom-distro- |users-boun...@linuxtogo.org] On Behalf Of Steven Sullivan |Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 12:12 PM |To: angstrom-distro-users@linuxtogo.org |Subject: Re: [Angstrom-distro-users] Setting up SD card for narcissus |images(poodle) | |Many thanks. | |On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Frank A. Schneider <fran...@gmx.net> |wrote: | |> surely not, no chroot or chown. |> Normally on another computer, just mount the partition on the card to |> somewhere, cd to this location, and, as root, extract the compressed |> archive containing already the complete file system. |> Of course, you should first remove files and folders from previous tries |> or, faster, reformat |> |> On Thu, 2009-08-20 at 10:10 -0400, Steven Sullivan wrote: |> > Do I need to do a chroot or chown? |> > |> > On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Frank A. Schneider <fran...@gmx.net> |> wrote: |> > |> > > you have to create a primary partition like on a hard disk, I use |> > > fdisk. This is my 4GB sd card from the akita: |> > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System |> > > /dev/sdb1 3 1000 1826340 b W95 FAT32 |> > > /dev/sdb2 1001 1500 915000 83 Linux |> > > /dev/sdb3 1501 2080 1061400 83 Linux |> > > /dev/sdb4 2081 2182 186660 82 Linux swap / |> > > Solaris |> > > |> > > Partitions 2 and 3 are formatted with ext3. Now just cd to the |location |> > > where the partition is mounted e.g. `cd /mnt/sdb2' and, as root, |> execute |> > > `tar xjf <some_place>/random-01a116b9-image-akita.tar.bz2' |> > > There is nothing more to it. |> > > Good Luck, Frank |> > > |> > > |> > > On Wed, 2009-08-19 at 09:03 -0400, Steven Sullivan wrote: |> > > > I've been trying to get a poodle console-only narcissus image to |boot |> > > from |> > > > SD using kexecboot in flash. Kexecboot seems to work fine but I'm |> having |> > > > problems on my 1GB, ext2-formatted SD card. I assume I have missed |> some |> > > > step in partitioning or setting up permissions/ownership of the |file |> > > system |> > > > on the card. Could someone walk me through completely resetting |the |> card |> > > > (any mkfs.ext2 options, partitions, chown) for use with narcissus |> images? |> > > > _______________________________________________ |> > > > Angstrom-distro-users mailing list |> > > > Angstrom-distro-users@linuxtogo.org |> > > > |> > > |> http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/angstrom-distro-users |> > > |> > > |> > > _______________________________________________ |> > > Angstrom-distro-users mailing list |> > > Angstrom-distro-users@linuxtogo.org |> > > |> http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/angstrom-distro-users |> > > |> > _______________________________________________ |> > Angstrom-distro-users mailing list |> > Angstrom-distro-users@linuxtogo.org |> > |> http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/angstrom-distro-users |> |> |> _______________________________________________ |> Angstrom-distro-users mailing list |> Angstrom-distro-users@linuxtogo.org |> http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/angstrom-distro-users |> |_______________________________________________ |Angstrom-distro-users mailing list |Angstrom-distro-users@linuxtogo.org |http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/angstrom-distro-users |Checked by AVG - www.avg.com |Version: 8.5.375 / Virus Database: 270.13.56/2302 - Release Date: 08/14/09 |06:10:00 _______________________________________________ Angstrom-distro-users mailing list Angstrom-distro-users@linuxtogo.org http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/angstrom-distro-users
