[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Modified initfs with onscreen boot menu

[From: Frantisek Dufka]

Frantisek Dufka wrote:

> I still don't have mmc card with working system. When copied original 
> system from flash to second partition /dev/mmcblk0p2 (ext2) it reboots 
> after while without even showing progressbar. 

Got it :)

The trick it to _not_ to rsync via 'rsync -avHx / /opt' when mmc is 
mounted to /opt but remount rootfs to different directory (like /floppy) 
and rsync this. It makes difference with /dev directory. rsync -x skips 
mounted filesystems which is OK but leaves directory empty which is not 
OK if directory is not empty and there is something hidden behind mount 
point.

So the rsync -avHx suggested by me on this list works for initfs but 
doesn't work for rootfs. You need to do extra step of mounting 
/dev/mtdblock4 again to different directory and rsync that to have 
complete image.

Nokia770-26:~# mount -t jffs2 /dev/mtdblock4 /floppy -o 
rw,rpsize=1024,rpuid=0,rpuid=30000
Nokia770-26:~# mount /dev/mmcblk0p2 /opt/
Nokia770-26:~# rsync -avH --delete /floppy/ /opt/

So now I have exact copy of my IT2006 rootfs on MMC card, partition 2 
and it boots fine from menu :-)

Frantisek