[Dev] Rework of the ARM installation guide

Josh Branning lovell.joshyyy at gmail.com
Tue May 1 23:52:53 GMT 2018


... better written could mean adding a function to the .INSTALL files 
perhaps.

I'll be quiet now.

On 02/05/18 00:38, Josh Branning wrote:
> For instance something like this, but maybe a bit better written?
>
> #!/bin/bash
> #fill in these variables
> uboot_package_name="uboot4extlinux-a10-olinuxino-lime"
> drive="/dev/mmcblk0"
> ext_partition="/dev/mmcblk0p1"
>
> #script starts here
> mkdir workdir
> cd workdir
> wget --content-disposition
> "https://www.parabola.nu/packages/libre/armv7h/${uboot_package_name}/download/"
>
> tar -xf uboot4extlinux-*
> cp -a -n boot "${ext_partition}"
> chmod +x ./.INSTALL
> source ./.INSTALL
> echo "N" | flash_uboot | while read -r line; do if [ "$(echo $line | cut
> -c 1-4)" == "# dd" ]; then $(echo $line | cut -c 3- | sed -e
> 's/\/boot/boot/g' | sed -e "s|\/dev\/mmcblk0|${drive}|g"); fi; done
>
>
> On 01/05/18 21:17, bill-auger wrote:
>> isnt that just the typical way of doing it? wasnt that exactly how it
>> was done before the tarball was released? as i understand, the reason
>> for the tarball was to make it even easier than the chroot install - so
>> that one could simple dd and boot it
>>
>>
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