From: Stephen H. <n1...@rc...> - 2008-05-19 00:43:43
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I've ordered a Connex motherboard with a Robostix and NetMMC, and I'm getting ready for their arrival and setup. I've done some messing about with OpenEmbedded on the Linksys NSLU2, but I'm new to Gumstix systems. Alas, I cannot find anything on (or off) the Gumstix site that answers the following questions, which I think are rather fundamental to sensible operation and maintenance of the computer: 1) What is the filesystem layout, i.e., what parts of the FS are located in the flash, what parts live in RAM, and does the system run out of flash, or does it all get copied to RAM during OpenEmbedded bootup and run from there? (OK, I could probably figure this out by snuffling through the OpenEmbedded docs, but it really should be documented somewhere more accessible.) 2) How do I go about making persistent changes to, say, the configuration files under /etc, (hopefully without rebuilding and reflashing the whole install image)? If the FS image is run out of RAM (as I rather suspect), what's the protocol for writing any changes back to flash? Pointers to existing docs are welcomed, naturally. Thanks, Steve ----- Each of us has strengths and talents that others don't. Whether innate or learned, these are gifts -- and a gift not shared is a sad and lonely thing. Using our gifts for the benefit of all is an ethical obligation for every intelligent being. (The magic only works if you pass it on!) |
From: zigzagjoe <zig...@gm...> - 2008-05-19 02:23:46
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On connex the root FS is JFFS2, readwrite. I do not believe there is any parts of it that run off a ramdisk, except maybe temp but thats meant to be volatile. As far as modifying it goes, just going about it the normal way with vi/nano/<insert editor here> would do it. -ziggy On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 7:43 PM, Stephen Hersey <n1...@rc...> wrote: > I've ordered a Connex motherboard with a Robostix and NetMMC, and I'm > getting ready for their arrival and setup. I've done some messing about with > OpenEmbedded on the Linksys NSLU2, but I'm new to Gumstix systems. > > Alas, I cannot find anything on (or off) the Gumstix site that answers the > following questions, which I think are rather fundamental to sensible > operation and maintenance of the computer: > > 1) What is the filesystem layout, i.e., what parts of the FS are located in > the flash, what parts live in RAM, and does the system run out of flash, or > does it all get copied to RAM during OpenEmbedded bootup and run from there? > (OK, I could probably figure this out by snuffling through the OpenEmbedded > docs, but it really should be documented somewhere more accessible.) > > 2) How do I go about making persistent changes to, say, the configuration > files under /etc, (hopefully without rebuilding and reflashing the whole > install image)? If the FS image is run out of RAM (as I rather suspect), > what's the protocol for writing any changes back to flash? > > Pointers to existing docs are welcomed, naturally. > > Thanks, Steve > ----- > Each of us has strengths and talents that others don't. Whether innate or > learned, these are gifts -- and a gift not shared is a sad and lonely thing. > Using our gifts for the benefit of all is an ethical obligation for every > intelligent being. (The magic only works if you pass it on!) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > |