just use IMAGE_FSTYPES = "vmdk" if you plan to use virtualbox and need a raw image.
On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 10:16 PM, Gary Thomas <g...@mlbassoc.com> wrote: > I'd like to to some testing that qemu just doesn't seem up to > so I attempted to build a live ISO per the documentation. I > added these lines to local.conf: > IMAGE_FSTYPES_genericx86 += "live" > NOISO_genericx86 = "0" > > When I try to build core-image-base I get this error: > ERROR: INITRD_IMAGE_LIVE core-image-minimal-initramfs cannot use image > live, hddimg or iso. > ERROR: Check IMAGE_FSTYPES and INITRAMFS_FSTYPES settings. > ERROR: Failed to parse recipe: > /local/poky-cutting-edge/meta/recipes-core/images/core-image-minimal-initramfs.bb > > I'm using a recent Poky checkout (d53413d3a8444c38a83ea37867c8af7754d8e702) > > Am I just doing something wrong here? I was following this section of the > mega-manual: > > 26.56. image-live.bbclass¶ > > The image-live class supports building "live" images. > > Normally, you do not use this class directly. Instead, you add "live" to > IMAGE_FSTYPES. > For example, if you were building an ISO image, you would add "live" to > IMAGE_FSTYPES, > set the NOISO variable to "0" and the build system would use the > image-live class to > build the ISO image. > > I don't have any available hardware for this testing, so I thought > I'd use VirtualBox. Is this a reasonable approach? I want to use > a live ISO so I get a writable file system. I tried just using the > .hddimage but that doesn't boot with VirtualBox :-( > > To be clear, along with the additions above in local.conf, I tried: > $ MACHINE=genericx86 bitbake core-image-base > > Thanks for any ideas > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Gary Thomas | Consulting for the > MLB Associates | Embedded world > ------------------------------------------------------------ > -- > _______________________________________________ > yocto mailing list > yocto@yoctoproject.org > https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto -- _______________________________________________ yocto mailing list yocto@yoctoproject.org https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto
