A feature opportunity (was: Autoreinstallation image is not signed.)

2008-06-02 Thread Robert Myers
ffm, and others, The real issue is that there is no way to back up a user's data if the OS is borked sans developer key. If the autoreinstallation image's backup features were incorporated in offline upgrade, that would solve a lot of headaches. Use case: Alice has worked on her final paper

Re: A feature opportunity (was: Autoreinstallation image is not signed.)

2008-06-02 Thread Benjamin M. Schwartz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Robert Myers wrote: | An alternative idea, but it would take 2 XOs and a USB cable. As long as the wifi hardware is working, you don't need a cable. Even if the system won't boot, OFW has a complete wifi network stack. You could implement this as a