On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 10:54:43PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: > * Peter 'p2' De Schrijver ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050821 22:39]: > > > - must have a working, tested installer > > Trivial. debootstrap does that. > How do you boot the system to run debootstrap? (Note: the answer > "gentoo" or "Windows" is not what I want to hear :) It is agreed that > this isn't a too high barrier, but - well, we should still require it. > If no (potential) port has an issue with that, it's even better.
How do you boot to a system to run debian-installer when there is no bios or bootloader on the system yet? Should debian-installer support installing via JTAG? What happens on many embedded systems, debianish system is debootstrapped on a different machine and put into jffs2 image, which is then flashed to a pile of devices. Walking through d-i every time would be very clumsy, so there is no use for a working installer for those systems. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]