[pkg-fso-maint] MTD Installation

[Per Andersson]

(Cc:ing debian-boot.)

2009/3/25 Joachim Breitner <nomeata at debian.org>:
>> Maybe some other thread discusses this already,
>> but why don't you use d-i for installation?
>
> Simplicity. We wanted to get started as fast as possible. But given the
> ever increasing complexity of install.sh, this should be the goal, yet.
>
>> Could porting d-i to GTA02 (and GTA01 but I don't
>> have one of those) be worth doing as a GSoC project?
>
> Quite possible – please raise that idea on the pkg-fso-maint list. Some
> others have expressed interested in trying to port d-i to the FreeRunner
> (Steffen Moeller, IIRC). He’s subscribed to the list.
>
> Do you know any d-i knowledgeable person that has a FreeRunner and would
> be able to mentor this project?

@debian-boot: Anyone up for this?

I have a FreeRunner myself.

Without having done any research at all yet, I think
that similar infrastructure to how Debian Installer is
booted and installed on NAS devices could be used.
The bootstrapping part seems very similar to the
GSoC project I did last year, since the FreeRunner
uses U-Boot as well. (Of course it would have to be
made to work with the Qi bootloader as well which
widens the scope.)

Also adding a task in tasksel "Phone" or something
would be in scope of this project I suppose.


Best regards,
Per

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