On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 02:15:52PM +0100, Thiemo Seufer wrote: > Christian Hohnstaedt wrote: > > Package: wnpp > > Version: N/A; reported 2004-03-02 > > Severity: wishlist > > > > * Package name : e2fsimage > > Version : 0.1.6 > > Upstream Author : Christian Hohnstaedt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * URL : http://www.hohnstaedt.de/e2fsimage > > * License : BSD > > Description : Tool for creating an ext2 filesystem as non-root user > > > > This tool enables the user to create an ext2 filesystem as > > copy of an existing directory tree like mkcramfs, mkfs.jffs2 > > or others for initial ramdisks or bootdisks. > > How is this different from genext2fs?
e2fsimage uses the e2fsprogs library instead of creating the whole fs-structure "by hand". So it will be easier to add ext3 support in the future, and to participate in improvements made by the e2fsprogs developers. Otherwise it is pretty the same :-) best regards Christian
