On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 9:54 AM, Ian Campbell <i...@hellion.org.uk> wrote: > On Sun, 2014-06-22 at 20:15 +0200, Bastien ROUCARIES wrote: >> On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 9:42 AM, Ian Campbell <i...@hellion.org.uk> wrote: >> > On Mon, 2014-06-16 at 23:33 +0200, Bastien ROUCARIES wrote: >> >> Le 16 juin 2014 20:48, "Ian Campbell" <i...@hellion.org.uk> a écrit : >> >> > I understand what the mkdns323fw stuff is all about, but I'm wondering >> >> > what the ext2 image is for, how does it fit in? >> >> >> >> An ext2 image need to solder a rs 232 console. It is a useful but need >> >> hardware modification. Mkdns323fw does not need hardware modification. >> > >> > But does the mkdns323fw not work equally well whether or not you've made >> > any hardware modifications? We'd really like to keep the number of >> > images to a minimum unless absolutely necessary. It's simpler for users >> > and maintainers alike if there is only one image per platform to think >> > about/maintain/document/etc. >> >> Yes they work equally well. But flashing form dlink firmware is a one >> way operation. I could not reflash from and thus reinstall from >> scratch debian if needed. > > Even if you have soldered an rs232 console?
Dlink firmware does not work from rs232 console > > Perhaps I just don't understand what the ext2 image you are referring to > is. I had imaged it was some sort of thing containing the debian > installer as a mechanism for injecting it into the system (a kind of > backdoor into the factory firmware if you will). no in this case I need uimage and uramdisk in a usb key formated as ext2. uimage and uramdisk are in old uboot format. > > Do you actually mean a ready made debootstrapped Debian filesystem > image? I don't think Debian typically provides the latter, just the > tools to produce them. No I mean to create a ext2 image with uimage and uramdisk. > > Ian. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org