----- Original Message -----
> Does it _really_ make it easier?
>
> dd if=/path/to/rootfs.img of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=1M
>
> vs
>
> partition
> mkfs
> mount
> tar -C /path/to/mount/point -jxf /path/to/rootfs.tar.bz2
>
> The point is somewhat moot. I would very much like to think that those
> that stray from the primary arches and the hand-holding of Ubuntu
> would
> know enough to do the above.
>
I think this hits on the core of the issue. The target audience (that I
imagine) wanting to run RedSleeve on an ARM device already has enough technical
prowess to handle whichever distribution medium the project provides. And if
not, the functions of a {mailing list|forum|wiki} should serve to get them
going.
>
> Thinking about it, this is not hard to achieve - make the partition
> the
> minimum possible size, e.g. rootfs + 10MB. Then alter the partition
> size
> and resize2fs once the device has booted. But that is no less complex
> and certainly more dangerous than just using the tar ball.
>
> As for leaving some flash cells unmolested - that is a valid point on
> proper SSDs, but SD/CF/USB flash media doesn't have sufficiently
> clever
> wear leveling to benefit from this.
Yes, very true. I was thinking of SSDs and some of the "higher end" CFs that
have integrated wear leveling.
--Tim
