scotty1024
10-26-2006, 08:22 PM
Design256...
root@ereader:/media/cf# dd if=/dev/tffsa3 of=boot
2+0 records in
2+0 records out
root@ereader:/media/cf# file boot
boot: x86 boot sector, extended partition table
Kernel has got to be in tffsa4.
Having nearly a complete Debian system on the iLiad is nice for hacking it apart. :)
design256
10-27-2006, 03:49 AM
Design256...
root@ereader:/media/cf# dd if=/dev/tffsa3 of=boot
2+0 records in
2+0 records out
root@ereader:/media/cf# file boot
boot: x86 boot sector, extended partition table
Kernel has got to be in tffsa4.
Having nearly a complete Debian system on the iLiad is nice for hacking it apart. :)
well spotted!!!
Matthijs
10-28-2006, 11:05 AM
Quoting myself from the "Survived 2.7.1 topic":
You really shouldn't try to flash any kernel to a TFFS# partition, that will certainly brick your iLiad. You'd better have a look at the contents of the tffsa1 partition...
The kernel is not located on any of these TFFS partitions.
Also: if you flash your own kernel, you most certainly won't have a working iLiad anymore: no wired ethernet, no filesystem -> brick.
I'd hate to see you guys brick your iLiad, especially with all the development going on now...
tffsa3 is the extended partition, containing tffsa5-7. I'm not sure why fdisk skips tffsa4, when creating new partitions inside tffsa3, but it does. There is no "hidden tffsa4", trust me.
design256
10-28-2006, 11:15 AM
Quoting myself from the "Survived 2.7.1 topic":
I'd hate to see you guys brick your iLiad, especially with all the development going on now...
tffsa3 is the extended partition, containing tffsa5-7. I'm not sure why fdisk skips tffsa4, when creating new partitions inside tffsa3, but it does. There is no "hidden tffsa4", trust me.
grin. don't worry we won't attempt a kernel reflash. Guess that the kernel sits on a device only available at boot-time?
(wistfully remembers the days of Commodore Amiga when the circuit schematics were in the back of the manual...)
tribble
10-28-2006, 01:19 PM
Quoting myself from the "Survived 2.7.1 topic":
I'd hate to see you guys brick your iLiad, especially with all the development going on now...
tffsa3 is the extended partition, containing tffsa5-7. I'm not sure why fdisk skips tffsa4, when creating new partitions inside tffsa3, but it does. There is no "hidden tffsa4", trust me.
Isnt that normal behavior?
I thought primary partitions would be 1-4, extended 5-8.
From the time, where you could only have those 8 partitions.
But i could be wrong there
arivero
10-28-2006, 04:34 PM
tffsa3 is the extended partition, containing tffsa5-7. I'm not sure why fdisk skips tffsa4, when creating new partitions inside tffsa3, but it does. There is no "hidden tffsa4", trust me.
I was already pretty convinced.
