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Need information about modifying items that are in the cramfs

New MessageCRAMFS newbie question (modified 0 times) Rickster
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I have a pretty fully functional IA-1 running jailbait but I would like to modify the menu for Blackbox but if I vi the menu file it won't let me save it. I can write the file to my external CF but then I can't replace the copy in /usr/local/share/Blackbox, rm gives me the error Operation not allowed. I am assuming that it is because that file system doesn't really exist except in an image file. Can somebody help me on how to modify files that are cramfs?

Thanks,
Rick

12-21-2001 13:20:18

New MessageRE:CRAMFS newbie question (modified 0 times) cityhunter76
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if you're working from the jailbait image posted previously, then the cramfs partitions were mounted readonly try remounting it as read write.
12-21-2001 16:01:59

New MessageRE:CRAMFS newbie question (modified 0 times) kieran
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cramfs partitions are essentially a modified zip type readonly image.

To update you need to offload the cramfs partition to a regular linux
system (like tar it, then untar it in a regular filesystem). Then you
can update it all you want. When finished you would have to:

mkcramfs /your-untar-point part.img
then write the part.img file back in place of the old one (carefully
not to trash it's neighbors).

Personally I'm just running mine on a 64mb flashcard and mounting
my partitions rw,noatime till my setup settles down.


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12-21-2001 21:58:42

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