[Buildroot] How to use a buildroot disk image.

[don]

On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 03:36:12PM -0500, Will Buik wrote:
> I'm really sorry if I missed this in the documentation, but how do I
> install the file system image to an actual disk drive.  I have tried
> using dd to write it to the disk as super block and also just to the
> first partition, but this has not worked.  Thanks in advance.

I use two methods.  

With a network connected device, I boot with pxelinux and have this in
the config file:

	 default bot1/kernel initrd=bot1/rootfs.i486.cramfs root=/dev/ram0 ramdisk_size=8192


To get an ext2 fs onto a CF card (in /dev/sdb) I use:

        mount /dev/sdb1 /media/disk
        mkdir -p rootfs
        mount rootfs.i486.ext2 rootfs -t ext2 -o loop=/dev/loop0
        rsync -a --delete rootfs/ /media/disk
        umount rootfs
        umount /dev/sdb1

You need to make a file system and get boot loader onto the card once.
You need to copy the kernel into the root tree before it gets built into
a file system (or later...).

Don Reid