> For the page: > >http://doc.astlinux.org/devdoc:documentation > >in the section "Creating an Image", this is fairly simple. If >someone can cut, massage, and paste this into the Wiki, that would >be great. > >= = = > >Use "dmesg" to figure out the size of the CF when you insert it into >your build system. > >You'll need the size of the CF in megabytes. A 4GB CF isn't 4096MB >long, due to overhead from housekeeping, emulation, and geometry. >So you'll need the exact number (or round down if you're not sure). > >After running toolchain/build, do: > >./makerunnix.sh -A -z 3998 192 1856 > >in this case, 3998 is what my 4GB card has in usable space in MB. >192MB is the size of my VFAT partition. > >192MB is the size of the VFAT partition. Images are slightly less >than 60MB, so 192 is enough room for 3 images. > >1856MB is the size of ASTURW partition, which includes (for me) log >files, voice mail, etc. In this case, I'm using roughly half the >card and leaving the rest unused. > >The -A argument tells it to partition, format, and label the ASTURW >filesystem. I'll still need to run genunion once I've booted up >this image. > >The -z argument means to compress the image (since the ASTURW >partition will be large but empty) to save space on my hard drive >(since at any given time, I might have a dozen images). > >When this completes, I can do: > >zcat astlinux-trunk-4337.img.gz | dd of=/dev/sdc bs=64k > >(if /dev/sdc is where my system detects the CF... again, use the >info from dmesg to figure out where this is. Be very careful... >we're not hunting wabbits.) > >If you hadn't used the -z flag, then it would just be: > >dd if=astlinux-trunk-4337.img of=/dev/sdc bs=64k > >to burn this image onto a CF. > >Wait until the 'busy' light on your CF reader stops blinking. Just >to be sure, do: > >sync > >and then to verify the image, do: > >sudo fdisk -l -u /dev/sdc > >to confirm it was written correctly. > >At this point, you may remove your CF and install it into your >target system, power up... boot, and run "genunion" to complete the >process.
This is now in the Wiki: http://doc.astlinux.org/devdoc:devdoc_create_image Michael http://www.mksolutions.info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Make an app they can't live without Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge http://p.sf.net/sfu/RIM-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [email protected].
