Thanks, Vagrant for the quick response. Am Dienstag, 13. Oktober 2020, 00:34:36 CEST schrieb Vagrant Cascadian: > On 2020-10-12, Rainer Dorsch wrote: > > I just browsed through the bullseye installation guide. I saw there is a > > section on > > > > 3.6.2. Debian-provided U-Boot (system firmware) images > > https://www.debian.org/releases/testing/armhf/ch03s06.en.html > > > > and > > > > 5.1.5. Using pre-built SD-card images with the installer > > https://www.debian.org/releases/testing/armhf/ch05s01.en.html > > > > I am just wondering if I use a pre-built SD-card images with the installer > > do I still need the U-Boot (system firmware) images (I do not recall that > > I used them previously)? > > The SD-card images include everything in the U-Boot system firmware > images, but additionally have the installer components. > > > If not, what is the intended usecase for the U-Boot (system > > firmware) images? > > You might be able to use them to boot an EFI installer image on USB > media for a machine that only boots from SD card, as one example. > > For some platforms, the offsets used on the raw media for u-boot might > be incompatible with the EFI installer image layout, so you may not be > able to have both on a single media; maybe with some work that could be > fixed in some cases. > > > 3.6.2. Debian-provided U-Boot (system firmware) images: > ... > The raw U-Boot components are provided for advanced users; the > generally recommended way is to use one of the ready-made SD card > images. > > So in general, use the ready-made SD card images.
What was somewhat confusing for me, this section continues in the installation guide with: "They are named <system-type>.sdcard.img.gz and can be written to a card e.g. with " The link a few lines further up shows http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/bullseye/main/installer-armhf/current/ images/u-boot/MX6_Cubox-i/MX6_Cubox-i.sdcard.img.gz which matches perfectly the naming convention given their for the ready-made SD card images. But if I understood you correctly, I should better use what is referenced in Section 5.1.5. http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/bullseye/main/installer-armhf/current/ images/netboot/SD-card-images/ I assume this firmware*.img.gz part contains U-boot as well, correct? And the partition.img.gz contains the installer, correct? Thanks Rainer -- Rainer Dorsch http://bokomoko.de/
