Lynn,
I now use the dd command regularly. Once I have a working image, I dd it off the CF for safekeeping, in case I ever need to create another (RSA keys are a PITA to cut and paste etc.) should the first fail.
As far as using different size CF, I dd'd an 8MB image onto a 16MB card the other day (none of my 8MB cards could be recognized in this particular box). No issues that I saw. When I took my usual completed copy for backup, the new image was 16MB. Go figure! ;-)
So I don't think there are too many issues associated with this. I have yet to have a dd'd CF fail on me.
I'd like to hear more about how the earlier poster dealt with the read-only issue. I'd like to find a way to write protect the CF once the config is all done. I believe this was discussed a few times in the past, but I don't know if anything was ever resolved. I had thought that creating a kernel without the write ability would be useful. Build the box, configure, then replace the kernel on the CF. Next boot it's write-protected. Not sure if or how easy such a change would be.
Brock
>Message: 8 >From: Lynn Avants <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [leaf-user] LEAF on compact flash >Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 09:58:04 -0500 > >On Thursday 30 October 2003 02:35 am, John P. Looney wrote: >[...]
Hmm. But it's a lot handier to use 'dd' than anything else. I used to work for a company called Antefacto; we did our own linux distro (based on redhat 7.2, I think), that had a nice build script. Pretty much;
>[...] > >It makes since if you are using the same CF card and the specs can be >assumed. However if the size/setup of the cards are not exactly the >same, you have a huge problem. Floppies are a safe assumption to 'dd' >to, but 8M,16M,32M,64M,... CF's are generally not. What kind of >surprise >would you get putting a 8M image on a 64M CF card? >-- >~Lynn Avants
------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
