Re: creating official Debian images for ARM-based NAS devices
* Daniel Pocock <daniel@pocock.pro> [2016-04-13 16:55]:
> However, I'm thinking about whether or not Debian can engage more
> users by providing an experience similar to OpenWRT. OpenWRT builds
> ready-to-run images that people can flash into their devices, reboot
> and get started. There is no need for the user to run through all
> the installer questions, on many devices they can simply log in to
> the standard admin page, upload the OpenWRT image through a web form
> and it starts running with default settings.
While it's not as seamless as you describe, we provide installer
images for a number of NAS devices that you can flash using the
original firmware's upgrade process. When you reboot, you can SSH
into Debian installer and do the installation.
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Martin Michlmayr
http://www.cyrius.com/
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