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 .''`.
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