[Buildroot] Creating rootfs

[Haresh_Eswari at Dell.com]

Hi,

I am new to linux and I need to create rootfs for my target. I have my
compiled busybox, net-tools and some other open source libraries for my
MIPS processor. I need to intergrate with this root file system and
create new rootfs.zip.

I have /root,/bin,/etc,/lib,/proc,/mipsel-linux directories.

i got the following info from google

isting 4. Utility (mkird) to create a custom initrd 

#!/bin/bash

# Housekeeping...
rm -f /tmp/ramdisk.img
rm -f /tmp/ramdisk.img.gz

# Ramdisk Constants
RDSIZE=4000
BLKSIZE=1024

# Create an empty ramdisk image
dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/ramdisk.img bs=$BLKSIZE count=$RDSIZE

# Make it an ext2 mountable file system
/sbin/mke2fs -F -m 0 -b $BLKSIZE /tmp/ramdisk.img $RDSIZE

# Mount it so that we can populate
mount /tmp/ramdisk.img /mnt/initrd -t ext2 -o loop=/dev/loop0

# Populate the filesystem (subdirectories)
mkdir /mnt/initrd/bin
mkdir /mnt/initrd/sys
mkdir /mnt/initrd/dev
mkdir /mnt/initrd/proc

# Grab busybox and create the symbolic links
pushd /mnt/initrd/bin
cp /usr/local/src/busybox-1.1.1/busybox .
ln -s busybox ash
ln -s busybox mount
ln -s busybox echo
ln -s busybox ls
ln -s busybox cat
ln -s busybox ps
ln -s busybox dmesg
ln -s busybox sysctl
popd

# Grab the necessary dev files
cp -a /dev/console /mnt/initrd/dev
cp -a /dev/ramdisk /mnt/initrd/dev
cp -a /dev/ram0 /mnt/initrd/dev
cp -a /dev/null /mnt/initrd/dev
cp -a /dev/tty1 /mnt/initrd/dev
cp -a /dev/tty2 /mnt/initrd/dev

# Equate sbin with bin
pushd /mnt/initrd
ln -s bin sbin
popd

# Create the init file
cat >> /mnt/initrd/linuxrc << EOF
#!/bin/ash
echo
echo "Simple initrd is active"
echo
mount -t proc /proc /proc
mount -t sysfs none /sys
/bin/ash --login
EOF

chmod +x /mnt/initrd/linuxrc

# Finish up...
umount /mnt/initrd
gzip -9 /tmp/ramdisk.img
cp /tmp/ramdisk.img.gz /boot/ramdisk.img.gz	

Is this a way to create root file system? Please let me know as soon as
possible.

Thanks,
Haresh E.L.



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