How to make the rootfs.ext2 of L3.0.35_4.1.0_130816_images_MX6.tar.gz ???

[sangjinhong]

I'd like to know how to make the rootfs.ext2 of L3.0.35_4.1.0_130816_images_MX6.tar.gz.

Maybe, L3.0.35_4.1.0_130816_source.tar.gz may include the script file that make

JFFS2 root file system image.

Where is the script file that make ext2 root filesystem image???

and How can I write the image to SD card???

I can't find the answer in the freescale document.

Thanks.

[b36401]

When you unpack L3.0.35_4.1.0_130816_images_MX6.tar.gz
you get L3.0.35_4.1.0_130816_images_MX6 directory
that has rootfs.ext2.gz file.

Then you can unzip this file and get the image
of the filesystem. I mean "rootfs.ext2" file
you can get this way.

To get access to the files this image contains you can
mount this filesystem on host machine:

# sudo mount rootfs.ext2 /mnt/1 -o loop

Now you can see its content under /mnt/1 directory.
So you can make a partition and fresh filesystem on SD card
and copy the files into it using "cp -rp" command.

Or you can simply burn the image on fresh partition
of the card this way:

# sudo dd if=rootfs.ext2 of=/dev/sdb1

It this case you even do not need to mount it first.

So finally example commands are:

# tar -xzf L3.0.35_4.1.0_130816_images_MX6.tar.gz
# cd L3.0.35_4.1.0_130816_images_MX6/
# gunzip rootfs.ext2.gz
# sudo dd if=rootfs.ext2 of=/dev/sdb1

Here I assume that /dev/sdb is your SD card with
fresh /dev/sdb1 partition. Please be careful
and don't destroy the partition other that SD card one.

[sangjinhong]

Thanks for the kind answer.

Would you give me the information about making roorfs.ext2 file???

Thanks in advance.

[b36401]

Are you asking about making fresh (empty) roorfs.ext2 image file?
Here are example commands:

# dd if=/dev/zero of=roorfs.ext2 bs=1024k count=256
# mkfs.ext2 roorfs.ext2

First command creates a file with 256 megabytes of zeros.
And second one makes a filesystem in this file.
Actual (net) size of this filesystem is 248M.

Or you are asking about the content other than in
that L3.0.35_4.1.0_130816_images_MX6.tar.gz repository?
The content may be created with BSP for example.

[sangjinhong]

Thanks for your good answer.