Re: [leaf-wisp] wisp-dist images making corrupt partition tables?

Amit Kucheria <[email protected]> 21 Jun 2004 09:37:33 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.linux.leaf.wisp-dist
Organization Metric Systems Corporation
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Fri, 2004-06-18 at 10:09, Vladimir Ivaschenko wrote:
> There is NO partition table on the image, so that's the reason it 
> doesn't detect them properly.
> 
> Amit Kucheria wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I used the 2624 image from the website and also compiled my own from
> > arch sources. But when I write the .bin file to my 1Gb compact flash
> > device it creates 4 partitions that are highly mangled.
> > 
> > dd if=<image.bin> of=/dev/hda
> > 
> > The first partition is no doubt a FAT12 and the image boots upto a
> > certain point but then stops with "no inittab found" and asks the user
> > to input the runlevel.
> > 
> > I think that the mangled partitions have something to do with some files
> > being missing.
> > 
> > Any pointers would be helpful.

My problem is still unsolved. 

How should I write the image to the CF?

Who takes care of partition tables?

Regards,
Amit

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