[yocto] unbootable image produced with PACKAGE_CLASSES ?= "package_ipk", /etc missing

[Paul Eggleton]

Hi Nicolas / Todd,

On Monday 25 November 2013 11:31:42 Nicolas Dechesne wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 3:51 AM, Todd Stellanova
> <tstellanova at gmail.com>wrote:
> > It appears that copying the files to the ext3 / sdcard image is failing in
> > *populate-extfs.sh*
> > I see a series of these errors:
> > 
> > *copy_file: Could not allocate block in ext2 filesystem*
> > 
> > Any idea what might cause this?  I've verified that the initial .tar
> > archive and the bz2 contain the right files.
> 
> can you try to create a new <build> folder (do not remove the current one
> for now) and reuse the downloads and sstate folder? i am wondering if there
> is a bug when trying to change PACKAGE_CLASSES in an existing <build>
> folder.

I do this not infrequently and never hit a problem like this, so I doubt this 
is the case.

Either there is a problem in how the filesystem is being set up (block sizes, 
etc.) or there is some kind of corruption occurring.

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre