Re: release in 2.2?
Jim Studt <jim@federated.com> writes:
> After
> having clean installed dozens of netwinders over 3 generations of
> our product I would suggest we make a kernel+ramdisk image that can
> be downloaded in a single tftp transfer. This minisystem would then
> handle partitioning, fs creation, fetching and installing the base
> image. Nice points...
> - don't need dhcp or nfs servers
> - don't need to flash anything (I've zapped two boxes now doing that*)
> - relatively easy on the user, the user interaction should be something
> like...
> power on, hold shift to get nettrom
> setenv kernconfig tftp
> setenv kerntftpserver 1.2.3.4
> setenv kerntftpfile debian.install
> setenv rootdev /dev/ram0
> boot
> ... and they will be into the install program where we can dump
> them into cfdisk then ask where to http or ftp the image.
That sounds like a good plan.
Also, maybe I could set up tftp on my server (204.209.212.111), and
any net-connected NetWinders could use that for their installation
needs? That would work, right?
> (Footnote on my flash failures: one failed for unknown reasons, it was
> just dead after the reboot. The other I knew failed to write (flashwrite
> will report this once in a while), when I went to recall the flash command
> I bumped the power cord and knocked it out, instant paperweight.)
Oops. I think you're right - I'll steer clear of the flash business.
At least until I learn how to JTAG it myself. :-)
Cheers,
- Jim
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