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• Launchpad Entry: mobile-arm-karmic-easy-redboot-management

• Created: 2009-06-11

• Contributors: OliverGrawert

• Packages affected: redboot-tools

Summary

Release Note

Rationale

Design

Implementation

Test/Demo Plan

Unresolved issues

BOF Notes

Redboot Scripting

* Currently have scripts that change and edit config * http://people.ubuntu.com/~ogra/arm/babbage/redboot-install has a prototype for

• a redboot installer script

* Script to flash redboot in package flash-kernel * During installation ubiquity and debian-installer set up /etc/kernel-img.conf to call the flash-kernel script as a postinst hook

* Redboot Linux tools (allow manipulation of Redboot from Linux), currently in the redboot-tools package in the ubuntu archive

• fconfig
  • No init command to initialize redboot
• fis

* Need to patch the fconfig script to do what is needed * A redbooot-install script similar to the above prototype script will be added to the redboot-tools package

• the script needs to create a raw wrapper partition to protect the space from being overwritten unintentional by partitioning tools
• the redboot-tools scripts need to be used to create the cd images in debian-cd, so arch specific hacks in debian-cd can be dropped
• usb-creator should use the redboot-tools to convert from iso format (if it is actually desired to have .iso images for armel devices)

ACTION

• ogra to finish redboot-install (make it also usable from x86 so users can create bootable devices in a cross platform way
• dyfet to take a look at the missing bits to get an "fconfig init" command that sets up an initial redboot configuration without needing a binary blob
• in case it is decided to use iso images for armel, ogra will discuss the needed changes to usb-creator with evand

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