[pkg-fso-maint] install.sh: boot loader installation (was Re: some issues with install.sh part 2)

Sebastian Reichel elektranox at gmail.com
Mon Jun 15 18:55:02 UTC 2009


Hi Luca,

On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 06:28:12PM +0200, Luca Capello wrote:
> Note that it would be very difficult that install.sh (or in future the
> debian-installer) will ever install a boot loader, since given the
> nature of the device (like any other embedded device) this operation can
> be very risky.  Instead, we should find a way to detect which kind of
> boot loader is installed and then act accordingly.

This goes only for Neo1973, but not for the Freerunner, since you
have a backup bootloader in the Freerunner's NOR memory to reflash
a new bootloader into NAND :) You can reach it by holding AUX
before pressing the power button.

-- Sebastian Reichel
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