> > > cramfs images ... > > From: Ravi <kravi26 () yahoo ! com> > From: Jim Bauer <jfbauer () nfr ! com> > From: Jan Hudec <bulb () ucw ! cz> Sorry our posts re cramfs images may appear out of order in the archive of this thread. The solution we found was: Ask `file` to tell us if we have to decompress the .img before we try to mount it. Kindly offline someone points out that `tar` has learned to decompress automagically, maybe `mount ... -o loop ...` will too, someday. > From: Jan Hudec <bulb () ucw ! cz> ... > you speak about a "defconfig", Do we have some other jargon established to mean what I mean by defconfig? Speaking again now, though working now only from human memory ... In 2.5.x I `make defconfig` to create a "defconfig". In 2.4.x I `make xconfig` and then save and exit without having changed anything to create a "defconfig". I'd `make defconfig` in 2.4.x if I could, but there I see no defconfig target. I find this especially annoying when I am `ssh`ing into a Linux from a terminal not compatible with the escape sequences that `make menuconfig` wishes would give me a character graphic interface. In 2.4.x I create a Red hat config by creating a "defconfig" and then copying in Red Hat's .config over top of mine. At first I guessed wrong: only thru pain did I learn to begin by creating a "defconfig". If I just copy the .config that doesn't work e.g. no include/autoconf.h created. > have you carefuly inspected each and every > option if you need it or not? Certainly not. Being a newbie, as yet I have no idea what most of the options mean, so as yet I cannot usefully inspect them. > there was no help target Fetching recently from kernel.org I see `make help` work only in 2.5.x, not in 2.4.x. > Out of curiosity ... > might ... study ... new-kernel-pkg Regrettably I suffer from more curiousity than fits into my twenty-four hour days. > > $ sudo mount ... -o loop=/dev/loop0 > > Using -o loop suffices - it will pick the first > loop device it can. News to me, thanks. > easy to use ... original ... > ... on your own if you don't. Aye, most software sharply punishes ignorant creativity. > From: ... > are you sure? I've lost track of specifically who last kindly suggested further experiments ... but I think I owe you notice that I've now lost access to the PC I was borrowing when I launched this thread, so this project of me learning to boot a Red Hat Linux from a kernel.org kernel without abandoning the default root=LABEL=/ option will have to wait for another day. Pat LaVarre __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
