>   but am i allowed to manually mess around under /jffs?  

i don't know whether you are allowed, but I did so several times :-)


> say i create
> a new file in the root fs -- it will simultaneously show up under
> /jffs, of course.  but can i delete it from under /jffs if i decided i
> didn't want it anymore?  would that make it vanish from under the root
> filesystem?  it would be easy to test, but i'd rather not try it in
> case it causes some kind of weird, underlying filesystem corruption
> because i did something i shouldn't have.
> 
>   and the same question with modifying existing files.  if i change a
> file that's already in squashfs, it's new version will end up in
> /jffs.  so could i delete that /jffs file to recover the original file
> as it exists in squashfs?  thanks.

yup, e.g. deleting all files in /jffs  will restore the state just after
initial flashing of the device :)

btw: the squashfs rootfs shows up under /rom



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