Mounting Nand

[KeithS]

If I wanted to manualy flash the NAND rootfs with a backup image, could I boot from an SD card and mount the NAND rootfs?

If this is possible, what would be the device or mount point I would need to use?

[NewIT_Marcus]

Here's how to mount the jffs2 NAND:

Code:

mkdir/mnt/block2
mount -t jffs2 /dev/mtdblock2 /mnt/block2 -o ro

-o ro for read only. I haven't (yet) found a way of mounting the UBIFS from NAND, but I'm sure there is one. U-Boot might be helpful here too. (ie an amended bootcmd).

[KeithS]

Thanks Marcus, but thats a shame. What I was thinking, was to copy the virgin rootfs from one plug onto my working plug. Both were bought as UBIFS multiboot with ubuntu sd.

[NewIT_Marcus]

The virgin (jffs2) rootfs is on the CD. The virgin UBIFS rootfs is that available in the installer: http://plugcomputer.org/plugwiki/index.php/SheevaPlug_Installer

[KeithS]

Thanks Marcus, I will look into that UBIFS link when I get time.

I admit to being a bit worried about bricking the machine, but I guess its all part of the learning and development stuff

[NewIT_Marcus]

If you brick it, you'll have to learn how to use the installer. You'd be better off knowing how to use it before it is forced upon you, but maybe you'll never have to use it.

Cloning the SD card is our preferred solution for backup of the SD card.

cp -ax / /target is probably practical for most backup solutions from NAND.