On Sun, Jan 14, 2007 at 10:06:43AM +0000, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > * Marc Singer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-01-13 19:26]: > > On Sun, Jan 14, 2007 at 01:14:00PM +1030, Rod Whitby wrote: > > > Slugimage always pads with 0xff's - it must be the debian > > > flash-kernel script which is padding with zeros. > > > Oh. I'll add support for erasing the block as well, so it *can* > > cope if need be, but I'd rather start with an empty region. > > Yeah, d-i pads it to zero. While I could change it for future > installations, we still need to support installations that have all > zeros.
I figured. I would like to clarify the recovery path for a bad APEX reflash. If, for some reason, they lose power while erasing and rewriting APEX, they will have a system that won't boot. It may be useful to have a feature of upslug that can write just the second-stage loader. This way, they can restore their system without performing a complete reinstall. And, the environment writing code will support an erase function that can erase the block and rewrite APEX before using the environment. Cheers. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
