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Re: creating official Debian images for ARM-based NAS devices



On 2016-04-13, Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> * Daniel Pocock <daniel@pocock.pro> [2016-04-13 10:41]:
>> 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.
>
> I think we should let the user run Debian installer instead of
> providing binary images.  Installing such images is often much harder
> on NAS devices than simply running Debian installer.

There is, of course, the option of an installer image with preseeding to
automate the install targeted at specific devices. Shipping some
preseeding files like these might be an interesting middle-ground
between running an installer and shipping a ready-to-run image.

live well,
  vagrant

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