[yocto] any pointers to a yocto-based image to use as a live install utility?

[Christian Ege]

Hi Robert

2016-05-25 12:18 GMT+02:00 Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at 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.

Regards,
Christian


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