Hi Robert 2016-05-25 12:18 GMT+02:00 Robert P. J. Day <rpj...@crashcourse.ca>: > > 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 realize that's a spectacularly imprecise request -- in a general > sense, it involves just starting with a regular image, then adding > utilities that run around doing all of the above, but if there's > anything that already takes one most of the way there, that'd be > great. > > thoughts? Maybe https://github.com/sbabic/swupdate is what you are looking for. It has full OE support and is not tied to any architecture. You can extend swupdate by scripting which will provide you with a lot of flexibility.
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