rootfs, possible in 2006?

[schmolch]

Sorry but i got a little confused about this topic.

I was thinking that we can not yet put / on the mmc with 2006, but sometimes i read about people booting from the mmc-card (and why would they do that if not for the reason they have / on the card?).

So what is the status here?

Since the mmcv4 patches and having 5MB/s with the mmc it would of course be super-awesome to put / on the card, right?

Is it possible yet?

Regards,
Sascha

[richie]

See here, http://fanoush.webpark.cz/maemo/ and wiki here, alternative 2, http://maemo.org/maemowiki/HowTo_BootRootFSFromMMC?highlight=%28boot%29

Cheers
Rich

[fanoush]

Yep, read also News part here http://fanoush.webpark.cz/maemo/#initfs

Newest bootmenu.sh in garage SVN has timeout (so device will not drain battery in boot menu when device reboots unattended) and can combine ask + root option so you can set root device to ask:mmc2 to have mmc2 preselected but still have the menu on every boot.

[fanoush]

Of course the downside is that you cannot remove the card without rebooting and selecting internal flash in boot menu.