Here's the block-extroot, still without the scripts for configuration,
but working for a manual done configuration. It
* No longer has a /etc/config/extroot at all
* depends on block-mount to find and mount the rootfs, via the ability
add the option is_rootfs to a mount section of /etc/config/fstab
* modules are loaded based on a flag set in the kernel module config,
that indicates that the module may be needed for rootfs (all such
modules are automatically loaded)
* adds a couple of configuration options for directories that don't
exists in the image by default but may be needed for external rootfs
(e.g. a /usb dir for the rootfs mount point before pivot and /oldroot
for the old root)
* the external root is now an overlay, not a copied file system. That
means to create the filesystem, you would be best to
cp -ar /jffs/* /usb
assuming the use of mount point /usb for the external rootfs
In the case of a non-squashfs filesystem you should simply make
sure /usb is empty.
/etc/config/fstab should have a section like
config mount
option 'uuid' 'some-uuid-here' OR
option 'label' 'fs-label' OR
option 'device' '/dev/device'
option 'target' '/usb'
option 'fstype' 'ext3'
option 'enabled' '1'
option 'enabled_fsck' '1'
option 'is_rootfs' '1'
Note that the work OR should NOT be present; it's indictative of
different configuration options, not a keyword.
Note that you need to include the filesystem kernel modules yourself,
there are no dependencies to pull them in at the present time.
--
And that's my crabbing done for the day. Got it out of the way early,
now I have the rest of the afternoon to sniff fragrant tea-roses or
strangle cute bunnies or something. -- Michael Devore
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