So, as I continue, step by step, hoping this works, I find that this particular sub doesn't do anything, as udevstart is no longer present in minircS. there are some references to udevsynth and /etc/udev/udev.con...

cp -p /etc/init.d/minircS /etc/init.d/minircS~ && sed -ir 's|(/sbin/udevstart)$|\1;mount /dev/mmcblk0p2|' /etc/init.d/minircS


So, I checked out the thread on the rynch (which I now need to install to make work), but I'm not sure where in the existing steps, if any, this needs to go.

here are the steps so far:

umount /media/mmc1
sfdisk -uM /dev/mmcblk0 << EOF
0,100,6
,,L
EOF
[reboot]
mkfs.vfat /dev/mmcblk0p1
mkfs.ext2 /dev/mmcblk0p2

modified minircS to add the insmod, after the PATH= line:

insmod /mnt/initfs/lib/modules/2.6.16-omap1/ext2.ko


i added mmcblk0p2 to the fstab, and it mounts on boot to /media/mmc2. so, this much is working.

now, the question is.. how much of the minireboot/others do I need to still touch, if any.. what else should be done prior to trying the synch line listed in
http://maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-dev...st/005040.html

there's also a question I have about referencing the version specific dir under modules, rather than current (which is a symlink), as if there's another OS update, will that version go away, will the current still carry the ext2fs.ko...

I appreciate all the help and assistance from everyone that's taken these steps before me. Hopefully, shortly, we can have an updated wiki page to assist others, taken from my adventure.

EDIT: I apologize if I'm missing stupid things.. I've been obsessing over this non-stop now since I started 2 days ago, so I'm sure I've developed some serious tunnel vision. It sucks being a geek sometimes.