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Add support for --rootdir option #183

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DaanDeMeyer opened this issue Oct 10, 2022 · 1 comment
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Add support for --rootdir option #183

DaanDeMeyer opened this issue Oct 10, 2022 · 1 comment
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@DaanDeMeyer
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Both mkfs.btrfs and mkfs.ext4 support an option to specify a directory to bootstrap the generated filesystem from. This allows creating ext4 or btrfs filesystems in a file without needing root privileges since the filesystem doesn't need to be mounted to populate it. It would be great if mkfs.fat would also support such an option so that we can populate fat partitions without needing root privileges.
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pali commented Oct 10, 2022

Yes, that sounds like a nice feature. Patches for it are welcome.

Meanwhile you can use mcopy binary from mtools project to add new files into the FAT filesystem image without need of root privileges.

DaanDeMeyer added a commit to DaanDeMeyer/systemd that referenced this issue Oct 11, 2022
@DaanDeMeyer
mkfs-util: Add support to populate vfat without mounting using mcopy
df82541 
mkfs.vfat doesn't support specifying a root directory to bootstrap
the filesystem from (see dosfstools/dosfstools#183).
Instead, we can use the mcopy tool from the mtools package to copy
files into the vfat filesystem after creating it without needing to
mount the vfat filesystem.
DaanDeMeyer added a commit to DaanDeMeyer/systemd that referenced this issue Oct 11, 2022
@DaanDeMeyer
mkfs-util: Add support to populate vfat without mounting using mcopy
9b2983a 
mkfs.vfat doesn't support specifying a root directory to bootstrap
the filesystem from (see dosfstools/dosfstools#183).
Instead, we can use the mcopy tool from the mtools package to copy
files into the vfat filesystem after creating it without needing to
mount the vfat filesystem.
DaanDeMeyer added a commit to DaanDeMeyer/systemd that referenced this issue Oct 11, 2022
@DaanDeMeyer
mkfs-util: Add support to populate vfat without mounting using mcopy
7b4eae1 
mkfs.vfat doesn't support specifying a root directory to bootstrap
the filesystem from (see dosfstools/dosfstools#183).
Instead, we can use the mcopy tool from the mtools package to copy
files into the vfat filesystem after creating it without needing to
mount the vfat filesystem.
DaanDeMeyer added a commit to DaanDeMeyer/systemd that referenced this issue Oct 12, 2022
@DaanDeMeyer
mkfs-util: Add support to populate vfat without mounting using mcopy
b2b8868 
mkfs.vfat doesn't support specifying a root directory to bootstrap
the filesystem from (see dosfstools/dosfstools#183).
Instead, we can use the mcopy tool from the mtools package to copy
files into the vfat filesystem after creating it without needing to
mount the vfat filesystem.
DaanDeMeyer added a commit to DaanDeMeyer/systemd that referenced this issue Oct 12, 2022
@DaanDeMeyer
mkfs-util: Add support to populate vfat without mounting using mcopy
a4b1278 
mkfs.vfat doesn't support specifying a root directory to bootstrap
the filesystem from (see dosfstools/dosfstools#183).
Instead, we can use the mcopy tool from the mtools package to copy
files into the vfat filesystem after creating it without needing to
mount the vfat filesystem.
DaanDeMeyer added a commit to DaanDeMeyer/systemd that referenced this issue Oct 12, 2022
@DaanDeMeyer
mkfs-util: Add support to populate vfat without mounting using mcopy
43d0584 
mkfs.vfat doesn't support specifying a root directory to bootstrap
the filesystem from (see dosfstools/dosfstools#183).
Instead, we can use the mcopy tool from the mtools package to copy
files into the vfat filesystem after creating it without needing to
mount the vfat filesystem.
DaanDeMeyer added a commit to DaanDeMeyer/systemd that referenced this issue Oct 12, 2022
@DaanDeMeyer
mkfs-util: Add support to populate vfat without mounting using mcopy
3f7811c 
mkfs.vfat doesn't support specifying a root directory to bootstrap
the filesystem from (see dosfstools/dosfstools#183).
Instead, we can use the mcopy tool from the mtools package to copy
files into the vfat filesystem after creating it without needing to
mount the vfat filesystem.
DaanDeMeyer added a commit to DaanDeMeyer/systemd that referenced this issue Oct 13, 2022
@DaanDeMeyer
mkfs-util: Add support to populate vfat without mounting using mcopy
702e0be 
mkfs.vfat doesn't support specifying a root directory to bootstrap
the filesystem from (see dosfstools/dosfstools#183).
Instead, we can use the mcopy tool from the mtools package to copy
files into the vfat filesystem after creating it without needing to
mount the vfat filesystem.
DaanDeMeyer added a commit to DaanDeMeyer/systemd that referenced this issue Oct 13, 2022
@DaanDeMeyer
mkfs-util: Add support to populate vfat without mounting using mcopy
6d72dd1 
mkfs.vfat doesn't support specifying a root directory to bootstrap
the filesystem from (see dosfstools/dosfstools#183).
Instead, we can use the mcopy tool from the mtools package to copy
files into the vfat filesystem after creating it without needing to
mount the vfat filesystem.
DaanDeMeyer added a commit to DaanDeMeyer/systemd that referenced this issue Oct 13, 2022
@DaanDeMeyer
mkfs-util: Add support to populate vfat without mounting using mcopy
3ecc2e2 
mkfs.vfat doesn't support specifying a root directory to bootstrap
the filesystem from (see dosfstools/dosfstools#183).
Instead, we can use the mcopy tool from the mtools package to copy
files into the vfat filesystem after creating it without needing to
mount the vfat filesystem.
DaanDeMeyer added a commit to DaanDeMeyer/systemd that referenced this issue Oct 18, 2022
@DaanDeMeyer
mkfs-util: Add support to populate vfat without mounting using mcopy
a450791 
mkfs.vfat doesn't support specifying a root directory to bootstrap
the filesystem from (see dosfstools/dosfstools#183).
Instead, we can use the mcopy tool from the mtools package to copy
files into the vfat filesystem after creating it without needing to
mount the vfat filesystem.
DaanDeMeyer added a commit to DaanDeMeyer/systemd that referenced this issue Nov 10, 2022
@DaanDeMeyer
mkfs-util: Add support to populate vfat without mounting using mcopy
a0cf456 
mkfs.vfat doesn't support specifying a root directory to bootstrap
the filesystem from (see dosfstools/dosfstools#183).
Instead, we can use the mcopy tool from the mtools package to copy
files into the vfat filesystem after creating it without needing to
mount the vfat filesystem.
DaanDeMeyer added a commit to DaanDeMeyer/systemd that referenced this issue Nov 10, 2022
@DaanDeMeyer
mkfs-util: Add support to populate vfat without mounting using mcopy
f271ffa 
mkfs.vfat doesn't support specifying a root directory to bootstrap
the filesystem from (see dosfstools/dosfstools#183).
Instead, we can use the mcopy tool from the mtools package to copy
files into the vfat filesystem after creating it without needing to
mount the vfat filesystem.
DaanDeMeyer added a commit to DaanDeMeyer/systemd that referenced this issue Nov 10, 2022
@DaanDeMeyer
mkfs-util: Add support to populate vfat without mounting using mcopy
c8fc5e8 
mkfs.vfat doesn't support specifying a root directory to bootstrap
the filesystem from (see dosfstools/dosfstools#183).
Instead, we can use the mcopy tool from the mtools package to copy
files into the vfat filesystem after creating it without needing to
mount the vfat filesystem.
DaanDeMeyer added a commit to DaanDeMeyer/systemd that referenced this issue Nov 11, 2022
@DaanDeMeyer
mkfs-util: Add support to populate vfat without mounting using mcopy
700b05c 
mkfs.vfat doesn't support specifying a root directory to bootstrap
the filesystem from (see dosfstools/dosfstools#183).
Instead, we can use the mcopy tool from the mtools package to copy
files into the vfat filesystem after creating it without needing to
mount the vfat filesystem.
DaanDeMeyer added a commit to DaanDeMeyer/systemd that referenced this issue Nov 14, 2022
@DaanDeMeyer
mkfs-util: Add support to populate vfat without mounting using mcopy
0472ad8 
mkfs.vfat doesn't support specifying a root directory to bootstrap
the filesystem from (see dosfstools/dosfstools#183).
Instead, we can use the mcopy tool from the mtools package to copy
files into the vfat filesystem after creating it without needing to
mount the vfat filesystem.
DaanDeMeyer added a commit to DaanDeMeyer/systemd that referenced this issue Nov 15, 2022
@DaanDeMeyer
mkfs-util: Add support to populate vfat without mounting using mcopy
4f298b4 
mkfs.vfat doesn't support specifying a root directory to bootstrap
the filesystem from (see dosfstools/dosfstools#183).
Instead, we can use the mcopy tool from the mtools package to copy
files into the vfat filesystem after creating it without needing to
mount the vfat filesystem.
DaanDeMeyer added a commit to DaanDeMeyer/systemd that referenced this issue Nov 15, 2022
@DaanDeMeyer
mkfs-util: Add support to populate vfat without mounting using mcopy
db1d080 
mkfs.vfat doesn't support specifying a root directory to bootstrap
the filesystem from (see dosfstools/dosfstools#183).
Instead, we can use the mcopy tool from the mtools package to copy
files into the vfat filesystem after creating it without needing to
mount the vfat filesystem.
DaanDeMeyer added a commit to DaanDeMeyer/systemd that referenced this issue Nov 15, 2022
@DaanDeMeyer
mkfs-util: Add support to populate vfat without mounting using mcopy
40aada3 
mkfs.vfat doesn't support specifying a root directory to bootstrap
the filesystem from (see dosfstools/dosfstools#183).
Instead, we can use the mcopy tool from the mtools package to copy
files into the vfat filesystem after creating it without needing to
mount the vfat filesystem.
DaanDeMeyer added a commit to DaanDeMeyer/systemd that referenced this issue Nov 15, 2022
@DaanDeMeyer
mkfs-util: Add support to populate vfat without mounting using mcopy
90a8d88 
mkfs.vfat doesn't support specifying a root directory to bootstrap
the filesystem from (see dosfstools/dosfstools#183).
Instead, we can use the mcopy tool from the mtools package to copy
files into the vfat filesystem after creating it without needing to
mount the vfat filesystem.
DaanDeMeyer added a commit to DaanDeMeyer/systemd that referenced this issue Nov 15, 2022
@DaanDeMeyer
mkfs-util: Add support to populate vfat without mounting using mcopy
65ed31f 
mkfs.vfat doesn't support specifying a root directory to bootstrap
the filesystem from (see dosfstools/dosfstools#183).
Instead, we can use the mcopy tool from the mtools package to copy
files into the vfat filesystem after creating it without needing to
mount the vfat filesystem.
DaanDeMeyer added a commit to DaanDeMeyer/systemd that referenced this issue Nov 15, 2022
@DaanDeMeyer
mkfs-util: Add support to populate vfat without mounting using mcopy
d49d9b0 
mkfs.vfat doesn't support specifying a root directory to bootstrap
the filesystem from (see dosfstools/dosfstools#183).
Instead, we can use the mcopy tool from the mtools package to copy
files into the vfat filesystem after creating it without needing to
mount the vfat filesystem.
DaanDeMeyer added a commit to DaanDeMeyer/systemd that referenced this issue Nov 15, 2022
@DaanDeMeyer
mkfs-util: Add support to populate vfat without mounting using mcopy
bf3598b 
mkfs.vfat doesn't support specifying a root directory to bootstrap
the filesystem from (see dosfstools/dosfstools#183).
Instead, we can use the mcopy tool from the mtools package to copy
files into the vfat filesystem after creating it without needing to
mount the vfat filesystem.
d-hatayama pushed a commit to d-hatayama/systemd that referenced this issue Feb 15, 2023
@DaanDeMeyer @d-hatayama
mkfs-util: Add support to populate vfat without mounting using mcopy
1405072 
mkfs.vfat doesn't support specifying a root directory to bootstrap
the filesystem from (see dosfstools/dosfstools#183).
Instead, we can use the mcopy tool from the mtools package to copy
files into the vfat filesystem after creating it without needing to
mount the vfat filesystem.
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