Re: LaCie NAS support in Debian
* Simon Guinot <simon.guinot@sequanux.org> [2015-06-11 10:43]:
> On lacie-nas.org, we have a wiki page explaining how to install Debian
> on a LaCie NAS: http://lacie-nas.org/doku.php?id=debian_install
>
> Preseeding is documented as well:
> http://lacie-nas.org/doku.php?id=debian_install#prepare_network-console_files
>
> I know it is not ideal but people are able to install Debian on their
> NAS by following this steps.
...
> Definitively we should fix it. How can I help ?
After looking at the lacie-nas wiki, I think we have two options:
1) Continue to tell people to unpack the initrd and add the
preseeding info. Add to the wiki that some machines require a DTB
file. The problem with this approach is that it's error prone and
differs between jessie and stretch (since I append the DTB already).
2) Change oldsys-preseed to do DHCP automatically on LaCie Kirkwood
devices, and add the DTB in jessie to the devices that need it. The
advantage of this approach that things will just work out of the box
and we just need to update the wiki to point to the right installer
image (depending on the device) and remove out of date info (about
unpacking the initrd, etc).
Actually, now that I think about it, these two issues are completely
separate (one related to uImage and one to uInitrd). So imho we
should definitely append the DTB in jessie for the devices that need
it (I already made the change for stretch where all devices need the
DTB). And then you can decide whether you prefer telling people to
unpack/repack the initrd or to do it automatically in oldsys-preseed.
Let me know what you prefer regarding the preseed file. The patch I
have in mind for oldsys-preseed (if you want to go that way) is this:
diff --git a/oldsys-preseed b/oldsys-preseed
index 40a0ee0..3e0e995 100755
--- a/oldsys-preseed
+++ b/oldsys-preseed
@@ -309,6 +309,14 @@ case "`archdetect`" in
GATEWAY=192.168.1.1
NAMESERVERS=192.168.1.1
dhcp_fallback $FILE
+ elif echo "$machine" | grep -q "^LaCie" ||
+ echo "$dt_model" | grep -q "^LaCie"; then
+ NET_CONFIG=dhcp
+ IPADDRESS=192.168.1.100
+ NETMASK=255.255.255.0
+ GATEWAY=192.168.1.1
+ NAMESERVERS=192.168.1.1
+ dhcp_fallback $FILE
else
exit_unknown
fi
(i.e. do by DHCP and fall back to 192.168.1.100 if DHCP doesn't work.
Not sure if there's a better default address for LaCie devices.)
--
Martin Michlmayr
http://www.cyrius.com/
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