AW: erasing flash ? (with hh.org bootloader)

Hi Guys

The jffs2 can be created as partial file system image as you have done.
Then the resulting FS on Simpad will be incomplete and the kernel
complains as you discribed below.
You can also create a complete jffs2 FS image. It will take the size of
the full partition and will be correctly initialised when you load
it onto the Simpad. Erasing the partition before is unnecessary in
this case.  Use the option --pad.

Regards
Walter

-----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht-----
Von: [email protected] =
[mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von geron
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 8. September 2005 09:14
An: [email protected]
Betreff: Re: [Simpad-general] erasing flash ? (with hh.org bootloader)

Hi Frederic,

> Is "eflash home" the way to go?

I just tried this and it appeared to work. The jffs2 file system seems =
to be
created on the fly while booting. It took some seconds when the initial
gpe.conf was copied to it, but the then everything went fine. However, =
while
shutting down I got 2 messages:
> jffs2: No clean _or_ dirty blocks to GC from! Where are they all?
> jffs2: Couldn't find erase block to garbage collect!
I'm not quite sure what they mean. Maybe they'll go away after some =
garbage
has amass by file operations. Or do we have to flash an empty jfffs2?

I'll have a look at your new images at the weekend. I really appreciate =
your
efforts!

geron


Frederic Devernay wrote:
> Hello,
> I'd like to start from a "clean" simpad to install images....
> what is the official way to erase the flash in the hh.org bootloader?
> Is "eflash home" the way to go?
> Fred



-------------------------------------------------------
SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO
September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle =
Practices
Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & =
QA
Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * =
http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf
_______________________________________________
Simpad-general mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/simpad-general


-------------------------------------------------------
SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO
September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices
Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA
Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf