Bug#881969: making bootable SD cards

2017-11-17 Thread Joey Hess
Vagrant Cascadian wrote: > u-boot-install --board=Cubietruck --device=/dev/mmcblk0 > > u-boot is where the information such as > supported boot media and device offsets generally comes from, as it > sometimes changes changes between different versions of u-boot Verison specificity is another big

Bug#881969: making bootable SD cards

2017-11-17 Thread Vagrant Cascadian
On 2017-11-17, Karsten Merker wrote: > On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 07:54:42PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: >> A utility in flash-kernel would be much nicer than needing to puzzle out dd >> commands from README.Debian files and hope you got it right. I'm currently >> having to embed those dd commands inside

Bug#881969: making bootable SD cards

2017-11-17 Thread Joey Hess
Karsten Merker wrote: > to use d-i/flash-kernel on the target device, one obviously needs > to already have put a u-boot onto the device in some form (such > as preinstalled in the d-i SD card images), otherwise one > couldn't have booted it Not necessarily, see for example /target in d-i when the

Processed: Re: Bug#881969: making bootable SD cards

2017-11-17 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing control commands: > severity 881969 wishlist Bug #881969 [flash-kernel] making bootable SD cards Ignoring request to change severity of Bug 881969 to the same value. -- 881969: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=881969 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact ow...@bugs.debia

Bug#881969: making bootable SD cards

2017-11-17 Thread Karsten Merker
Control: severity 881969 wishlist [CCing Vagrant Cascadian, the Debian u-boot maintainer] On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 07:54:42PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Package: flash-kernel > Version: 3.87 > Severity: normal > > Therefore you usually have to setup an SD card with the appropriate u-boot > ver

Processed: Re: Bug#881969: making bootable SD cards

2017-11-17 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing control commands: > severity 881969 wishlist Bug #881969 [flash-kernel] making bootable SD cards Severity set to 'wishlist' from 'normal' -- 881969: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=881969 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems

Bug#881969: making bootable SD cards

2017-11-16 Thread Joey Hess
Package: flash-kernel Version: 3.87 Severity: normal Therefore you usually have to setup an SD card with the appropriate u-boot version for your particular device (see below) as a prerequisite for installing Debian. If you use the pre-made SD card images with the installer, this step is no