From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from vms173025pub.verizon.net (vms173025pub.verizon.net [206.46.173.25]) by mail.openembedded.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B76CF65D0E for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2014 18:55:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gandalf.denix.org ([unknown] [71.191.205.189]) by vms173025.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 32bit (built Apr 16 2009)) with ESMTPA id <0N7Q00FLDN7STZ80@vms173025.mailsrvcs.net> for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Wed, 25 Jun 2014 13:55:20 -0500 (CDT) Received: by gandalf.denix.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 692202009B; Wed, 25 Jun 2014 14:55:04 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 14:55:04 -0400 From: Denys Dmytriyenko To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org Message-id: <20140625185504.GD1580@denix.org> References: <53AA0672.7070606@balister.org> <2894594.Bns9GHPWX5@peggleto-mobl5.ger.corp.intel.com> <53AB1718.7000608@balister.org> MIME-version: 1.0 In-reply-to: <53AB1718.7000608@balister.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: Paul Eggleton Subject: Re: State of the art for creating an image that you can dd to an SD card X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list Reply-To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org List-Id: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 18:55:41 -0000 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-disposition: inline On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 11:38:16AM -0700, Philip Balister wrote: > On 06/25/2014 03:07 AM, Paul Eggleton wrote: > > On Tuesday 24 June 2014 16:14:58 Philip Balister wrote: > >> What's the best available solution for creating an image you can dd to > >> an SD card? It seems like this wheel has been invented several times and > >> I am wondering if people are converging on one approach. > >> > >> Bonus points for resizing the linux partition. > >> > >> How are people doing this today? > > > > I think wic has seen some uptake and enhancement since its introduction a > > couple of releases ago. It has certainly worked for me in writing SD cards for > > Galileo. We seem to be a bit short on documentation for it though... > > Googling for "wic sd" doesn't help. I've seen some commits, so I'll take > a look in the meta data. http://cgit.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/tree/scripts/wic But indeed, better documentation would be most appreciated. -- Denys