Hi Alex, If you don't want the extended partitions you need to create a gpt partition, you can do this by adding this to your wks file.
bootloader --ptable gpt Regards, Dimitris On Tue, 13 Nov 2018, 20:23 Alex Kiernan <alex.kier...@gmail.com wrote: > On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 7:13 PM Donal Morrissey > <donal.morris...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi There, > > I have a problem with an image being created by wic. If I add more than > 4 partition definitions to the wks file, the generated image will include > an additional partition with no Fstype, and spanning the full length of the > additional partitions. > > > > Take the following wks file: > > > > part --source rawcopy --sourceparams="file=<long > path>/image-r0/uboot.env" --ondisk "mmcblk0" --align 4096 --no-table > > part --source bootimg-partition --ondisk "mmcblk0" --fstype=vfat --label > boot --align 4096 --active --fixed-size 40 > > part --source rootfs --ondisk "mmcblk0" --fstype=ext4 --label primary > --align 4096 --fixed-size 147456k --exclude-path data/ > > part --source rootfs --ondisk "mmcblk0" --fstype=ext4 --label secondary > --align 4096 --fixed-size 147456k --exclude-path data/ > > part --ondisk "mmcblk0" --fstype=ext4 --label appdata1 --align 4096 > --fixed-size 147456k > > part --ondisk "mmcblk0" --fstype=ext4 --label appdata2 --align 4096 > --fixed-size 147456k > > bootloader --ptable msdos > > > > wic will create a .direct file with the following structure: > > Num Start End Size Fstype > > 1 12582912 54525951 41943040 fat16 > > 2 54525952 205520895 150994944 ext4 > > 3 205520896 356515839 150994944 ext4 > > 4 360709632 666894335 306184704 > > 5 360710144 511705087 150994944 ext4 > > 6 515899392 666894335 150994944 ext4 > > > > Note the start and end addresses of partition 4, it spans from the start > of partitions 5 (appdata1) to the end of partition 6 (appdata2). > > > > If I modify the wks file and remove the entry for appdata2, the created > direct file is valid: > > > > Num Start End Size Fstype > > 1 12582912 54525951 41943040 fat16 > > 2 54525952 205520895 150994944 ext4 > > 3 205520896 356515839 150994944 ext4 > > 4 356515840 507510783 150994944 ext4 > > > > Any suggestions on what is going on here? > > > > I've not checked, but I'd assume it's switched to extended partitions, > since MBR only has 4 primary partitions. > > -- > Alex Kiernan > -- > _______________________________________________ > yocto mailing list > yocto@yoctoproject.org > https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto >
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