Re: [yocto] [PATCH 1/1] ddimage: Add script for writing images to boot media

2012-03-22 Thread Paul Eggleton
On Thursday 22 March 2012 08:56:08 Darren Hart wrote: > On 03/21/2012 05:26 PM, Paul Eggleton wrote: > > On Wednesday 21 March 2012 16:06:14 Darren Hart wrote: > >> Any objections to this going in? > > > > No objections, looks like a really useful tool; a couple of suggestions > > though (sorry fo

Re: [yocto] [PATCH 1/1] ddimage: Add script for writing images to boot media

2012-03-22 Thread Darren Hart
On 03/21/2012 05:26 PM, Paul Eggleton wrote: > On Wednesday 21 March 2012 16:06:14 Darren Hart wrote: >> Any objections to this going in? > > No objections, looks like a really useful tool; a couple of suggestions > though > (sorry for not looking at it earlier): > > * Is it worth checking if

Re: [yocto] [PATCH 1/1] ddimage: Add script for writing images to boot media

2012-03-21 Thread Paul Eggleton
On Wednesday 21 March 2012 16:06:14 Darren Hart wrote: > Any objections to this going in? No objections, looks like a really useful tool; a couple of suggestions though (sorry for not looking at it earlier): * Is it worth checking if the target device is mounted and erroring out if so? * Not sur

Re: [yocto] [PATCH 1/1] ddimage: Add script for writing images to boot media

2012-03-21 Thread Darren Hart
Any objections to this going in? On 03/13/2012 12:16 PM, Darren Hart wrote: > Fixes [YOCTO #1806] > > Standard practice is to use the Linux "dd" command to write images to boot > media. This can be error prone and the results of sloppy usage can be > disastrous. Locating the device you want to us

[yocto] [PATCH 1/1] ddimage: Add script for writing images to boot media

2012-03-13 Thread Darren Hart
Fixes [YOCTO #1806] Standard practice is to use the Linux "dd" command to write images to boot media. This can be error prone and the results of sloppy usage can be disastrous. Locating the device you want to use is a clumsy process, especially on a headless build system. The ddimage script does