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Old 04-23-2014, 07:03 AM   #16
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@Lucas: JFYK - Embedded Linux is different from Desktop Linux by the fact that the kernel and initial ramdisk does not reside within a file system (aka boot partition), but within a raw partition, that is a portion of un-partitioned space which cannot be mounted as usual, but only dumped with dd. Additionally, there is a boot loader - uboot - which knows at which raw offset the kernel can be found.

Many Android devices work like this as well, e.g. the Sony PRS T1 reader.
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