From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga11.intel.com (mga11.intel.com [192.55.52.93]) by mail.openembedded.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F79D607A4 for ; Fri, 29 Jul 2016 11:11:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fmsmga002.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.26]) by fmsmga102.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 29 Jul 2016 04:11:51 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.28,439,1464678000"; d="scan'208";a="1031434458" Received: from linux.intel.com ([10.54.29.200]) by fmsmga002.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 29 Jul 2016 04:11:51 -0700 Received: from linux.intel.com (vmed.fi.intel.com [10.237.72.68]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by linux.intel.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89A7C6A4080; Fri, 29 Jul 2016 04:11:39 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2016 13:35:22 +0300 From: Ed Bartosh To: "Robert P. J. Day" Message-ID: <20160729103522.GA376@linux.intel.com> Reply-To: ed.bartosh@linux.intel.com References: <20160729082501.GB32340@linux.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Organization: Intel Finland Oy - BIC 0357606-4 - Westendinkatu 7, 02160 Espoo User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: OE Core mailing list Subject: Re: does "wic" allow one to actually format physical devices? X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2016 11:11:52 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 06:19:13AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Fri, 29 Jul 2016, Ed Bartosh wrote: > > > On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 05:30:14PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > > > never used "wic" before, and i'm wondering if it has the ability > > > to not create dd-able images so much as partition and format > > > physical target devices. surely, the underlying logic would be the > > > same, i just want to work with the target hard drive and bypass > > > creating the image itself. > > > > The only purpose of wic is to create images. I'm afraid it doesn't > > have the functionality you're looking for. > > i thought that was the case, just wanted to make sure. and perhaps > i'm just missing it, but where is the canonical documentation for wic, > it might still be useful for what i'm doing. The documentation is here: http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/2.1/mega-manual/mega-manual.html#creating-partitioned-images you can get also gert some info from wic help overview|plugins|kickstart output. > rday > > p.s. i'm assuming you can use 'wic' only in the context of an OE > build, yes? at least it appears that way. Yes, wic is tightly coupled with OE. -- Regards, Ed