Building 2 root filesystems with Buildroot

Hi,

Please ask buildroot questions on the buildroot list instead of mailing me directly.

Chung> Hello,
Chung> I am trying to get Buildroot to build 2 filesystems; a smaller one Chung> with the system files and essentials, and a larger one to hold the big Chung> packages (i.e. Qt).

Chung> The idea is that the kernel will boot up using the smaller one, then Chung> mount the larger one during the final stages of initialization. And Chung> the two filesystems, or partitions, may be of different filesystem Chung> type (i.e. one is yaffs, while the other is ext3).

Chung> What is the most elegant way to do this in Buildroot?

Chung> To my knowledge, Buildroot is hardwired to create a system with Chung> only one filesystem partition, so some customization is Chung> evitable. But I just wonder if you have any suggestions.

Buildroot indeed only handles a single filesystem, so I think the easiest is to just build a single big filesystem with buildroot (E.G. a tarball), and then write a small script to split it up into two filesystems afterwards.

Bye, Peter Korsgaard