On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 10:04:41AM -0800, Steve deRosier wrote: > Hi Lennart, > > On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 8:40 AM, Lennart Sorensen > <lsore...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote: > > > > The syntax from what I recall is: > > > > mount -t cramfs -o loop /path/imagefile /mountpoint > > > > > Yes, but that results in a "Block device required" error with > uClinux's Busybox mount command. > > > > > Not really. I haven't used cramfs for years. I use cpio archives these > > days with initramfs's tmpfs. Not quite the same thing though in terms > > of memory usage though. > > > > Unfortunately, not the same thing at all. And of course I'm not doing > this for the initial root filesystem. I'm trying to mount a filesystem > from a file after boot. Footprint on flash is important.
Is your busybox built with BB_FEATURE_MOUNT_LOOP enabled? Is your mountpoint in a location that permits mounts (apparently you can forbid further mounts under a filesystem in some cases and this can make mount return weird errors that don't point at the actual problem). -- Len Sorensen _______________________________________________ uClinux-dev mailing list uClinux-dev@uclinux.org http://mailman.uclinux.org/mailman/listinfo/uclinux-dev This message was resent by uclinux-dev@uclinux.org To unsubscribe see: http://mailman.uclinux.org/mailman/options/uclinux-dev
