On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 04:25:21PM +0200, Per Andersson wrote: > > As far as I have seen, a KuroBox Pro has, out of the box, a writable > > filesystem in one of the mtdblock that is used as the system root. > > IIRC, there is enough room on this filesystem to store a standard d-i > > kernel and initrd. > > > > Is there anything that prevent such scheme to work? I would find the > > process easier than eventually having to wipe an already existing > > hard drive to store the d-i images. > > No, it works. Earlier I wrote d-i kernel and ramdisk directly to > flash partitions and load them. It works but destroys the > original firmware. Why? Can't a path for a specific kernel be specified to uBoot? > Even though having a disk inside the Kurobox Pro makes it impossible > to boot the original firmware without a serial console, it can be a > good thing to keep it. Use case: * I have installed Debian on my Kurobox Pro and have been an happy user. * One day, I manage to remove /usr by doing sysadmin work before the morning coffee. * I would be happy to be able to use the debian-installer again but without having to format /dev/sda1 partition in order to keep what was in /home. It might not be the best use case, as what I would actually prefer would be to be able to install the root filesystem on the mtdblock, but it sounds like an acceptable one as well. Cheers, -- Jérémy Bobbio .''`. lunar@debian.org : :Ⓐ : # apt-get install anarchism `. `'` `-
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