Hi,

Le 19/09/2013 09:59, Marcus Schäfer a écrit :
> Hi,
>
>> when I set bootfilesystem="fat32" in <image>.kiwi, then mount reports 
>> correctly vfat as filesystem:
>> ********************************************************************************
>> /dev/sdb1 on /mnt type vfat
>> ********************************************************************************
>>
>> But partition table is false, fdisk returns:
>> ********************************************************************************
>>    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
>> /dev/sdb1   *        2048      411655      204804   83  Linux
>> /dev/sdb2          411656     1824767      706556   83  Linux
>> ********************************************************************************
>> but partition 1, should be ID="c"  - System="W95 FAT32 (LBA)".
> fixed in master:
>
> commit faea578cd80f9d78eaa247b03a52cbc4012f9ff9
> Author: Marcus Schäfer <[email protected]>
> Date:   Thu Sep 19 09:32:24 2013 +0200
>
>     - fixed bios partition type setup:
>       * upstream parted supports 'set partition flag state' whereas
>         flag can't be a hex id as we need it when setting e.g a
>         fat partition type. Thus we use the suse extension as fallback
>         which allows to set: 'set partition type hexid'

Thanks. Looking forward to get it in OBS. ;)

>> Moreover, would it be possible to merge partition 1 and partition 2 when 
>> they have the same filesystem? (Maybe just when no bootfilesystem option is
>> specified).
> sorry but I think that would be the wrong way. at the moment the
> partition layout for arm images always uses a boot partition if the
> uboot loader is used. The user can influence the filesystem there
> but not that a boot partition will be used if uboot is selected.
> I think this is something we might want to change in the future.

Yes, because it does not make sense to have a separate boot partition if there 
is only a boot/ folder and the filesystem is the same as main partition.

> imho it would be nice to be able to state if one wants a boot
> partition or not. This in contrast will increase the room for
> further problems due to the partition layout

Once the right kiwi config is set (rootfs arg passed to the kernel and kiwi 
layout config) all should be ok. ;)

But it is not a high priority task.

It would be nice if other people could give their opinion here.


Guillaume

>
> Regards,
> Marcus

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