Thanks scott! my question must have been very silly to u! thanks for replying to it patiently!!!
Vasanth Ragavendran wrote: > > Thanks again Scott. That was really helpful. Actually i forgot to mention > that i had created an ext2 ramdisk file system and it was non-persistent > (the mount point was /dev/ram for this ext2 ramdisk filesystem). and then > i changed the file system to jffs2 and it is persistent (and the mount > point was /dev/mtdblock1 for jffs2 file system). so my question is why is > that the ext2 ramdisk is non-persistent? is it because of the mount point > /dev/ram and what needs to be changed in order to make it persistent. > thanks again for prompt response.. > > > Scott Wood-2 wrote: >> >> On Mon, 7 Mar 2011 20:28:32 -0800 >> Vasanth Ragavendran <ragavendra...@yahoo.co.in> wrote: >> >>> >>> Thanks a ton Scott. Actually i was working with the same version of the >>> kernel on both the boards. >>> it was 2.6.29.6. neither i changed the u-boot. it was the same in both. >>> however i recompiled the kernel and i installed on both the boards and >>> it >>> worked fine! :) thanks again for responding. however i've another >>> question. >>> my filesystem in the board is non-persistent i.e. the files i create are >>> erased after i reboot i know the files are getting stored in RAM and i >>> wish >>> to make them persistent. what do i need to do for this? should i create >>> a >>> separate partition in the flash and load certain files into that >>> partition? >>> or how should i make it persistent so that files stay beyond reboot! >>> thanks >>> again! eagerly awaiting your response. >> >> Yes, you should create a filesystem (e.g. jffs2) on a flash partition. >> >> -Scott >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Linuxppc-dev mailing list >> Linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org >> https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/linuxppc-dev >> >> > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Mpc8315erdb-openvpn-segmentation-fault-tp31086738p31140838.html Sent from the linuxppc-dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/linuxppc-dev
