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A Rootfs is a directory structure suitable as an initial mount point for *nix systems. It always includes the binary and support files to run the init (or first) process.

A Rootfs is a directory structure suitable as an initial mount point for *nix systems. It always includes the binary and support files to run the init (or first) process.

It has a specific meaning for the Linux kernel, where a ramfs/tmpfs is populated with a compressed image and it is freed after the target/final file system is mounted. People using other OSes (and even Linux) may have alternate meanings.

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How to create customized rootfs with arm-linux-androideabi-4.9 toolchain

Can we use busybox with arm-linux-androideabi-4.9 toolchain. is it possible to cross compile busybox with arm-linux-androideabi-4.9? please suggest me.
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How to get graphical user interface like ubuntu or any is on beaglebone black

My question is i downloaded kernal, uboot and cross compiled for ARM arhitecture(beaglebone black) ,created my own rootfs.I successfully bringup my beaglebone black with my own rootfs .Here my question is i am able to use my board only command line…
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Unable to transfer libraries from Image folder of openblas into rootfs

I'm trying to build openblas with yocto in my 64 bit armv8 board. I was able to successfully build openblas with the bitbake recipe that i have with me. All the library files have been built into the image folder of openblas. I have also added…
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How to mount Rootfs on sama5d27-som1-ek board using NFS

i am trying to mount rootfs on board using NFS my NFS export file /home/user/demo/rootfs 192.168.0.200(rw,sync,no_root_squash,no_subtree_check) my kernel arguments are bootargs=console=ttyS0,115200 root=/dev/nfs rootfstype=nfs ip=192.168.0.102 rw…
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Why can't I run custom application on my Beaglebone board?

I have cross-compiled the small application for my beaglebone board: /* led_test.c */ int main(int argc, char const *argv[]) { return 0; } Compiling was done successfully, but if I try to run the application in target board, I get this: # cd…
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Create bootable OVF image using root filesystem folder from the Linux command line

I'd like to ask if there is a way to create OVF images using the Linux command line from a specific folder. This folder would contain a Linux root file system. The generated OVF files would later be imported into VSPhere and they need to be able to…
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doubts regarding adding a custom package to yocto image

I'm in the process of adding a third-party software package to my imx6q yocto build. I followed the guide and create a separate meta layer and added the following recipe to the newly created layer under the subfolder with package name. SUMMARY =…
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Yocto add an overlay directory tree

To keep all the files organized, I created on the dev machine an "overlay" directory structure that contains the files I want to substitute in the target rootfs. For example: etc/ apache2/ httpd.conf conf.d/ …
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How to compile yocto rootfs after changing a qt.cpp file?

I want to compile a qt5 application that has replaced a previous one (both .cpp and .h file have been modified to incorporate screen rotation). However, the rootfs doesn't seem to update when I build it, should I modify the .bb file? I have simply…
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What happens if memory leaks on rootfs?

I have a linux totally on rootfs ( which as I understand is an instance of ramfs ). There's no hard disk and no swap. And I got a process that leaks memory continuously. The virutal memory eventually grows to 4 times the size of physical memory,…
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Why can't I copy files into the rootFS from a Yocto recipe

I am bringing up a newer version of Linux (we were running 3.14 on a buildroot system, which is ancient) and am trying to add an older version of mplayer as a workaround until our application can be updated to work with a newer/alternative video…
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RootFileSystem vs kernel updating

I know that they are two different things, but what is the difference between the actual Linux kernel and the rootFS file system especially in terms of location in memory and updates? Regarding partitioning, why is it that the kernel and rootFS are…
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google chrome os partition scheme

I have a 2018 samsung chromebook pro upon which I've installed crouton. I have only one chroot installed using crouton. Everything is going well, except that I appear to be out of space on the rootfs. Here is the output of sudo df…
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Exact meaning of NFS errorcode -110

Hy community, I want to boot the rootFS of my targetboard via NFS but the bootlog always prints the error "NFS: failed to create MNT RPC client, status=-110". Does anybody know what this code exactly means or where I can look it up? I have already…
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Use post-build-scripts in buildroot

i use buildroot to build my own rootfs and use post-build.sh to customize it. In concrete i create a textfile in /opt with touch $TARGET_DIR/opt/testfile01.txt and run the make command. I checked the out coming rootfs and testfile01.txt is in…
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