{"id":2411,"date":"2018-02-13T21:45:57","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T16:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8081\/system-on-module-som\/?p=2411"},"modified":"2025-03-26T13:18:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T07:48:11","slug":"boot-esomimx6-with-a-tiny-rfs-without-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.e-consystems.com\/blog\/system-on-module-som\/boot-esomimx6-with-a-tiny-rfs-without-x\/","title":{"rendered":"Boot eSOMiMX6 with a Tiny RFS without X"},"content":{"rendered":"

The <\/span><\/span>root filesystem(shortly RFS)<\/span><\/span> is the <\/span><\/span>filesystem<\/span><\/span> that is contained on the same partition on which the <\/span><\/span>root<\/span><\/span> directory is located, and it is the <\/span><\/span>filesystem<\/span><\/span> on which all the other filesystems are mounted (i.e., logically attached to the <\/span><\/span>system<\/span><\/span>) as the <\/span><\/span>system<\/span><\/span> is booted up. The <\/span><\/span>root filesystem<\/span><\/span> should generally be small since it contains very critical files and a small, infrequently modified filesystem has a better chance of not getting corrupted. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

e-con Systems\u2122 has developed an image with tiny RFS containing the busybox commands and system startup scripts. The RFS arrives at a size of 9<\/span><\/span><\/span> MB<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span>!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

e-con Systems\u2122 has also developed an X11 image with tiny RFS. Refer <\/span><\/span><\/span>Boot eSOMiMX6 with a Tiny RFS with X<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> article to build a console image with minimal RFS of size 172 MB.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This article guides you to build a console image for <\/span><\/span>eSOMiMX6<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> with a small root file system.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The root file systems contain the following necessary packages.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n