make_ext3fs?

make_ext3fs?

Baruch Siach baruch at tkos.co.il
Tue Nov 15 08:07:23 IST 2011


Hi Shachar,

On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 08:01:21AM +0200, Shachar Shemesh wrote:
> Android uses a tool called "make_ext4fs". You give it a file system size
> and a directory, and it creates a file of the specified size that
> contains the content of the directory as an EXT4 file system (for
> loopback mount or dd purposes).
> 
> I have STFW, but have been unable to find such a tool for EXT3 or below.
> Is anyone aware of such a tool readily available?

Just fetch genext2fs from your local Debian mirror.

baruch

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