genext2fs generates an ext2 filesystem as a normal (non-root) user. It does not require you to mount the image file to copy files on it, nor does it require that you become the superuser to make device nodes.
| Tags | Software Development Embedded Systems Boot Init Filesystems Installation/Setup |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | OS Independent |
| Implementation | C |
Recent releases


Release Notes: Cygwin and Mac OS X platforms are supported.


Release Notes: The new features compared to genext2fs 1.3 are long options support, support for SI and IEC, binary-multiple prefixes for some option values, the --faketime option, a more capable device table format compatible with that of mkfs.jffs2, hardlink support, socket support, support for big filesystems, Solaris 2.x and Mac OS X support, automatic measurement of the filesystem inode count, and uClibc support. There are also various bugfixes and an up-to-date manpage.


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