From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix, from userid 118) id 48BD6E00D15; Wed, 25 May 2016 08:00:54 -0700 (PDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on yocto-www.yoctoproject.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-HAM-Report: * -0.7 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW RBL: Sender listed at http://www.dnswl.org/, low * trust * [209.85.192.170 listed in list.dnswl.org] * -1.9 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% * [score: 0.0000] * 0.1 DKIM_SIGNED Message has a DKIM or DK signature, not necessarily * valid * -0.1 DKIM_VALID Message has at least one valid DKIM or DK signature Received: from mail-pf0-f170.google.com (mail-pf0-f170.google.com [209.85.192.170]) by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB52CE00D11 for ; Wed, 25 May 2016 08:00:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-pf0-f170.google.com with SMTP id b124so19374402pfb.0 for ; Wed, 25 May 2016 08:00:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mvista-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=s2e27g7jLXxguVoApyGo8eDJGIfFp6wVC6uK/jtMnCo=; b=uxcPOSHYSB40qZkD76BGoU6nUh3t2UUOFpV913n1UbDKtjU571Qkv9dw1iL++J6TOj xOyAsNg3/uwHUEI3QcFwBLnIMY9DreOpqphAYr+tz7JTplXgM/nrdHIu/JqZO+faB+gc PqXKPqUQHm8bwuM2QkctwZHAbaM4LX6bStN26RLU56HTWrZuACjVNONM4rxyCPuU/t6f ZG9MShY6Jh+nPGLwbV6XTOwpiTalro09INEXyqjMkRmYx+ecP+wu5QkY5JAt7o9LQhJJ FGHyuQH7y4VOe2XV5v3zI8WEoc1/zH6gBLQDkVeVca+DNnGROIf8ygFeD5NRNlWESrXr F3Sg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=s2e27g7jLXxguVoApyGo8eDJGIfFp6wVC6uK/jtMnCo=; b=T8KXLCdvlRFRD37J8ox0jKPmpb8iuXGPjtzw5s+iwSA2zzYN3LbdaN0/bjHUB6WY5o obeQVftk0d1csirrwR3C48IH8tE/LbVJh35t/GaKm1vtPrs3Oq3k3Tav9DNLXuO5pv0D vNyhRZc4L3p+QEVVkpSqtsqoJ8Wt3Z4X72Jubm0OEGTLwCXLFtbXlwSuChWKqFplAGj6 YA8zLqE/fzzWzkw0VKO6Y2qOq8EQ7jSOZTvCoxF7TpaWeYs7qh2FZh665tCiK+zDX7OE N1WRp3eDS5HQdklEqkG5gNhbCV2mb/JBjHtBsuo9MaSi/phUDENJ6iU514fMLqMEv0Bd w25w== X-Gm-Message-State: ALyK8tKDGxBU885gZBxb14vQkC4SuTdPFhwoExKEedtLIVQEyV1NsaQwUPOGqWINUrZ+qORG X-Received: by 10.98.1.6 with SMTP id 6mr6515775pfb.155.1464188451639; Wed, 25 May 2016 08:00:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.18.4] (c-76-20-92-207.hsd1.ca.comcast.net. [76.20.92.207]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id yp9sm13499229pab.42.2016.05.25.08.00.49 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 25 May 2016 08:00:50 -0700 (PDT) To: "Robert P. J. Day" , Yocto discussion list References: From: akuster Message-ID: <5745BE14.7030402@mvista.com> Date: Wed, 25 May 2016 08:00:36 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.5.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: any pointers to a yocto-based image to use as a live install utility? X-BeenThere: yocto@yoctoproject.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion of all things Yocto Project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 May 2016 15:00:54 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Robert, On 05/25/2016 03:18 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > specifically in the context of powerpc systems, are there any > suggestions for an image that could be used to boot an older powerpc > system, running completely out of ram, and using that as an install > utility which would then be responsible for detecting/formatting a > hard drive, creating/formatting filesystems, downloading/installing > the OS, post-install configuration and so on? This sounds like an installer MV has and that I have been given approval to release (just haven’t had the time to submit it). Its X86 centric ie uses grub and support efi It boots up from an iso image and runs a ncurses based interface that allows you to select HD, create partitions and filesystem types. It will install what ever image you built. It creates grub conf and installs it. The installer bit is written in python. > > i realize that's a spectacularly imprecise request -- in a general > sense, it involves just starting with a regular image, then adding > utilities that run around doing all of the above, but if there's > anything that already takes one most of the way there, that'd be > great. > Does this sound like something you are thing about? regards, Armin > thoughts? > > rday >