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List:       busybox
Subject:    Re: format a harddisk
From:       Goetz Bock <bock () blacknet ! de>
Date:       2007-04-27 6:50:23
Message-ID: 20070427065023.GL26636 () priv ! blacknet ! de
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On Fri, Apr 27 '07 at 10:49, stanliao@globalunichip.com wrote:
> I would like to format a harddisk through commands provided by
> BusyBox. I found that mke2fs is a Linux command for root to do it.
> While in BusyBox, this command is still provided? And is there another
> command to format a harddisk as FAT32 or FAT16?

I use mkfs.ocfs2 fine with my busybox system, but I'v also used any
other mkfs.* as they usually are not part of busybox. Simply use
buildroot, buildroot2 or open embedded to build any filesystem utility.
Busybox is neither an operating system nor a linux distribution. It's
"just" a set of small implementations for the most basic utilities you
might need for your embedded system.
IIRC there were somewhat working versions of e2fs utils integrated into
busybox. OTOH compiling a "full" version of e2fs-utils or dosfs-utils
will not add a great deal of bytes to your system. As you want to be
able to create a filesystem you're probabbly not triing to get
everything cramped into 2M of flash.
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