Re: mount cramfs on loopback?

Steve deRosier <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.uclinux.devel
Message-ID <CALLGbRJNxbkVm3hTm2pQhmim-S-9BKgwMRw9Z+vg1Mrdr+ux8Q@mail.gmail.com>
Hi Lennart,

On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 8:40 AM, Lennart Sorensen
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> The syntax from what I recall is:
>
> mount -t cramfs -o loop /path/imagefile /mountpoint
>


Yes, but that results in a "Block device required" error with
uClinux's Busybox mount command.

>
> Not really.  I haven't used cramfs for years.  I use cpio archives these
> days with initramfs's tmpfs.  Not quite the same thing though in terms
> of memory usage though.
>

Unfortunately, not the same thing at all.  And of course I'm not doing
this for the initial root filesystem. I'm trying to mount a filesystem
from a file after boot. Footprint on flash is important.

Thanks,
- Steve
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