Hi, this mail from Sven arrived at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and should (IMHO) go to debian-boot mailing list.
Greetings Martin On Wed Jul 16, 2008 at 16:46:40 +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 04:33:29PM +0200, Jérémy Bobbio wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 04:25:21PM +0200, Per Andersson wrote: > > > > As far as I have seen, a KuroBox Pro has, out of the box, a writable > > > > filesystem in one of the mtdblock that is used as the system root. > > > > IIRC, there is enough room on this filesystem to store a standard d-i > > > > kernel and initrd. > > > > > > > > Is there anything that prevent such scheme to work? I would find the > > > > process easier than eventually having to wipe an already existing > > > > hard drive to store the d-i images. > > > > > > No, it works. Earlier I wrote d-i kernel and ramdisk directly to > > > flash partitions and load them. It works but destroys the > > > original firmware. > > > > Why? Can't a path for a specific kernel be specified to uBoot? > > > > > Even though having a disk inside the Kurobox Pro makes it impossible > > > to boot the original firmware without a serial console, it can be a > > > good thing to keep it. > > > > Use case: > > * I have installed Debian on my Kurobox Pro and have been an happy > > user. > > * One day, I manage to remove /usr by doing sysadmin work before the > > morning coffee. > > * I would be happy to be able to use the debian-installer again but > > without having to format /dev/sda1 partition in order to keep what > > was in /home. > > > > It might not be the best use case, as what I would actually prefer would > > be to be able to install the root filesystem on the mtdblock, but it > > sounds like an acceptable one as well. > > Just prepare for it, the d-i installer should simply resize the sda1 > partition, so it can hold the d-i image, and then use the rest of the > disk as a system to boot from (supposedly, you would put the / in sda2 > or something). Futhermore, even if you booted from some other media, the > d-i could propose to create such a partition and copy itself into it for > future rescue usages. > > Please forward this mail to the list as i am being censored. > > Friendly, > > Sven Luther > > -- Martin Zobel-Helas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Debian Release Team Member Debian & GNU/Linux Developer | Debian Listmaster Public key http://zobel.ftbfs.de/5d64f870.asc - KeyID: 5D64 F870 GPG Fingerprint: 5DB3 1301 375A A50F 07E7 302F 493E FB8E 5D64 F870 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
