Re: modifying and verifying debian installer for armhf board (a10-eoma68)
+++ luke.leighton [2013-05-19 10:37 +0100]:
> On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 7:49 AM, Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk> wrote:
> >
> > Sounds like you want a network-console flavour image, like the ones used
> > for kirkwood, http://www.cyrius.com/debian/kirkwood/qnap/ts-41x/install/
>
> it does, doesn't it? i've been thinking that through (and also
> looking at the source of debian-installer). the only thing that
> doesn't make sense is: it's all set up to require a password.
>
> so i'm tempted to just do an experiment - just because i can - to use
> busybox-telnetd - because the route of using openssh _has_ been solved
> already but isn't quiiite appropriate, and i think
> telnetd-over-g_ether will turn out to be a very useful combination.
I used this for balloon bootstrapping about 4 years ago, mostly
because ssh is annoying if you have a pile of boards to fill with code
as, even when you got the keys right, it bitches everytime you put a
new one in that the other end has changed. It is possible to nobble
this but telnetd is a lot simpler for this application.
As someone else has pointed out a console on an ACM gadget driver is
also good.
> how do you tell debian-installer "i don't want a kernel installed
> thanks for offering"?
Not sure, but don't we really want to make a D-I setup with a local
kernel package to install? I believe that functionality exists,
although I've never got round to trying it myself.
Wookey
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