Re: [ptxdist] mkfs.vfat is not available

[Alexander Aring <alex.aring@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Jul 03, 2014 at 10:33:40AM +0000, Pat Murray wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> RE: He wants to have mkfs.vfat on his target.
> 
> Yes , I want to format a SATA hard drive from the console
> Of my target system.
> 
> How do I get the mkfs.vfat onto the target, what are the ptxdist steps ? I have mkfs.vfat on the host.
> 

1. ptxdist menuconfig in your BSP

2. type '/' to enter search dialog

3. type "fat", because you search something which contains the word fat

Then you see a list of possible fat things, one of them looks like:

Symbol: DOSFSTOOLS_MKDOSFS_VFAT [=n]                                                                                                               │  
Type  : boolean                                                                                                                                    │  
Prompt: create mkfs.vfat link                                                                                                                      │  
  Location:                                                                                                                                        │  
    -> Disk and File Utilities                                                                                                                     │  
(5)   -> dosfstools                     (DOSFSTOOLS [=n])                                                                                          │  
...

You see the location or simple type '5' to jump to the section, because the "(5)".

4. type space to activate it with "(*)".

> Do I have rebuilt the rootfs ?
> 

yes.



btw. you know that fat is a really old filesystem and fat 32 have
constrains like max 40 gb partition and max 4 GB filesize? Maybe you
want to try ext filesystem.

- Alex

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