[ARMedslack] ARMedSlack on Seagate Dockstar

[Stuart Winter]

> uboot) it is possible by pressing enter during the startup to
> interrupt the boot process and type the commands to the uboot
> interactively. I have the feeling, but I might be wrong, that Richard
> has not done this. Come on guys, we are almost there! :-)

I was speaking to Richard on IRC and I don't think it's as simple as it
seems.

You wanted to do this without a serial cable: I don't think it's possible
to use the proper slackware installer to install onto this device.

You're going to need to set the boot parameters in order to tell
the kernel where the root partition is, and stuff like that.
This is done normally by setting the config in u-boot to match
what partition scheme you have chosen.  Of course if you follow my docs
exactly then you can paste in the ones from my docs, since they will
match the partition scheme (also suggested in the docs).
However, if you want a custom partition
scheme then you will need to be able to configure your boot loader to pass
the root= parameter to the kernel.

>From reading the Debian stuff, my guess would be that the best way to
proceed is to do something similar to what they've done: take the miniroot
and write a script to set it up in the way that works best for the
Doozan rescue system.  You could then use slackpkg to upgrade
the installation after the miniroot has been unpacked onto the
device.
They're not actually installing Debian using the debian installer.

The easiest way is to get a serial cabl and stop faffing around ;-)