Am 19.01.2012 15:13, schrieb groups, freeman: > Hi, I'm testing with 4.2b1 and want to examine the > uncompressed-then-mounted contents of the initrd.lrp file. > > On my running 3.1.1b3 I'd gunzip the lrp file via: > gunzip -c initrd.lrp > /tmp/initrd.minix > > and then loop-mount the output as a minix filesys ... but that doesn't > work now :( > > First question is what is the underlying filesystem inside the initrd on > this 4.2? > > Also, is loop.o now built-in to the kernel so no need to load it as a > module? (Hope so, since I can't find loop.o for this 4.2 version.) > > When I've been trying to mount the uncompressed lrp via: > mount -o loop /tmp/initrd.minix /mnt2 > > I get: > mount: mounting /dev/loop0 on /mnt2 failed: Invalid argument > > ============== > > and when I specify minix as the filesys: > mount -t minix -o loop /tmp/initrd.minix /mnt2 > > I get the unhelpful: > mount: mounting /dev/loop0 on /mnt2 failed: No such device > > yet both /dev/loop0 & /mnt2 exist: > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 40 Jan 19 13:26 /mnt2 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 0 Jan 19 12:16 /dev/loop0 > > Any help would be much appreciated ... and thanks as always for LEAF!
See: http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/leaf/index.php?title=Bering-uClibc_4.x_-_User_Guide_-_Advanced_Topics_-_Modifying_initrd.lrp regards kp ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/
