Re: creating official Debian images for ARM-based NAS devices
On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 9:37 PM, Daniel Pocock <daniel@pocock.pro> wrote:
> On 13 April 2016 13:04:45 CEST, Roger Shimizu <rogershimizu@gmail.com> wrote:
>>On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 5:41 PM, Daniel Pocock <daniel@pocock.pro>
>>wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> I had a look at the instructions[1] for preparing firmware for the
>>> Seagate NAS[2]
>>>
>>> There is a link to download a binary image file that somebody has
>>> already prepared and instructions to prepare an image file yourself.
>>>
>>> Has there been any discussion about automating the creation of such
>>> images and distributing them on Debian mirrors, just like the
>>installer
>>> DVD images? Should this be raised with the debian-cd team perhaps or
>>> would it be owned by some other team in Debian or would it be
>>considered
>>> a derivative or blend?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 1. http://wiki.konilabs.net/en/seagate-nas/debian-install
>>> 2.
>>>
>>http://www.seagate.com/gb/en/products/network-attached-storage/business-storage/seagate-nas/
>>>
>>
>>I'm not familiar with your device, but since the chipset seems to be
>>armhf, so the official image can be downloaded from archive:
>>-
>>http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie/main/installer-armhf/current/images/
>>
>>And here's the manual:
>>- https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/armhf/ch04s02.html.en
>>
>
> My question was about ready-to-run images (similar to live DVD) that can be flashed into the device rather than an installer, is there anything more close to this requirement?
Live DVD is usually for rescue. And installer image can do for this
purpose, too.
If you want to get a pure debian running environment for your NAS,
it's also recommended to install from official installer.
Above 2 links are Jessie (current stable) images, which may don't
contain the image for your device.
I noticed that in another thread [0], which you're already in, Martin
mentioned Seagate NAS will be supported soon.
So you can wait for it, which will firstly appear on d-i daily build [1].
[0] https://lists.debian.org/debian-arm/2016/04/msg00044.html
[1] https://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/armhf/daily/
Cheers,
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