Hi Robert, On Wednesday, May 25, 2016 06:18:34 AM Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > specifically in the context of powerpc systems, are there any > suggestions for an image that could be used to boot an older powerpc > system, running completely out of ram, and using that as an install > utility which would then be responsible for detecting/formatting a > hard drive, creating/formatting filesystems, downloading/installing > the OS, post-install configuration and so on? > I am not entirely sure if I understand your requirements correctly but this https://github.com/mendersoftware/mender[1] could eventually be a starting point. The good news is that it already comes with YP/OE recipes and integration. However, it's currently only for ARM-based systems with u-boot.
Another approach, though still in its infancy and a simple PoC, is the GENIVI Software Management (SWM). At the core, there are SqashFS images that may contain partition images, software packages, configuration files, etc. together with a manifest (JSON) that instructs the SWM what to do. (https://github.com/GENIVI/genivi_swm)[2] Cheers, :rjs -------- [1] https://github.com/mendersoftware/mender [2] https://github.com/GENIVI/genivi_swm
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