partitions

[Vanalme Filip]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: barebox-bounces at lists.infradead.org [mailto:barebox-
> bounces at lists.infradead.org] On Behalf Of Vanalme Filip
> Sent: maandag 28 februari 2011 9:57
> To: Baruch Siach
> Cc: barebox at lists.infradead.org
> Subject: RE: partitions
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Baruch Siach [mailto:baruch at tkos.co.il]
> > Sent: maandag 28 februari 2011 9:48
> > To: Vanalme Filip
> > Cc: barebox at lists.infradead.org
> > Subject: Re: partitions
> >
> > HI Vanalme,
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 09:36:14AM +0100, Vanalme Filip wrote:
> > > barebox:/ erase /dev/nand0.kernel.bb
> > > stat /dev/nand0.kernel.bb: No such file or directory
> > > barebox:/
> > >
> > > and
> > >
> > > barebox:/ tftp zImage /dev/nand0.kernel.bb
> > > open: Read-only file system
> > > barebox:/
> > >
> > >
> > > Is there any documentation that handles/describes this ? (e.g. what's the
> > extension .bb ?)
> >
> > The .bb extension means a bad block aware partition. Use the 'nand -a'
> command
> > to create one from a raw NAND partition, e.g. 'nand -a /dev/nand0.kernel'.
> >
> > baruch
> 
> [Filip]  Thanks !
> 

[Filip]  Shouldn't I have automatically /dev/mtdblock* devices, e.g. /dev/mtdblock7 for rootfs nand partition ?
> 
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