Unable to write to some JFS partitions

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <20030421115544.GB9550 at wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> you wrote:
>
> > > Note that there exist bootloaders which can boot
> > > from JFFS2 so you can put the kernel in there too.
> 
> David, do you have a longer list than grub and ecos? Just curious.

U-Boot (the "Universal Bootloader" which is available sor  some  100+
PowerPC,  ARM,  MIPS  and  x86  boards) supports commands to list the
directory contents and to load files from JFFS2 filesystems. No write
support though. See http://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot

If JFFS2 support is a useful feature for a boot loader is subject  to
discussion  -  IMHO the initial scan of the JFFS2 filesytem takes too
long to make it interesting for embedded systems where boot  time  is
usually  critical  (if  I need to have the application up and running
within 3 seconds after poweron I cannot spend 2 seconds on the  JFFS2
scan). But YMMV.


Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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