+++ luke.leighton [2013-05-19 10:37 +0100]: > On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 7:49 AM, Ian Campbell <i...@hellion.org.uk> wrote: > > > > Sounds like you want a network-console flavour image, like the ones used > > for kirkwood, http://www.cyrius.com/debian/kirkwood/qnap/ts-41x/install/ > > it does, doesn't it? i've been thinking that through (and also > looking at the source of debian-installer). the only thing that > doesn't make sense is: it's all set up to require a password. > > so i'm tempted to just do an experiment - just because i can - to use > busybox-telnetd - because the route of using openssh _has_ been solved > already but isn't quiiite appropriate, and i think > telnetd-over-g_ether will turn out to be a very useful combination.
I used this for balloon bootstrapping about 4 years ago, mostly because ssh is annoying if you have a pile of boards to fill with code as, even when you got the keys right, it bitches everytime you put a new one in that the other end has changed. It is possible to nobble this but telnetd is a lot simpler for this application. As someone else has pointed out a console on an ACM gadget driver is also good. > how do you tell debian-installer "i don't want a kernel installed > thanks for offering"? Not sure, but don't we really want to make a D-I setup with a local kernel package to install? I believe that functionality exists, although I've never got round to trying it myself. Wookey -- Principal hats: Linaro, Emdebian, Wookware, Balloonboard, ARM http://wookware.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130519201141.gg2...@stoneboat.aleph1.co.uk
