On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 09:07:49PM -0700, Marc Singer wrote: > On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 09:07:16PM -0600, Gordon Farquharson wrote: > > Hi Marc > > > > On 6/26/07, Marc Singer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >I recall that there was a thread of discussion about automatically > > >upgrading APEX when a new package is installed. Was this resolved? > > >In order for me to install a new APEX, I had to take the > > >/boot/apex.flash image, byte swap it, and then put the sercomm header > > >on it. I can also put a copy of apex with all of those steps already > > >taken into /boot so that it is really easy to upgrade (or downgrade > > >for that matter). > > > > A while ago, I submitted a patch to flash-kernel [1] which will write > > apex to mtdblock2 as part of the flash-kernel script. As I mentioned > > in my response to #421359, it is easy to make this a separate script.
I had another thought about this. It may be worthwhile to make sure to install APEX only if it is already present in the Loader partition and if there is a Loader partition. Some people may choose to install APEX as the primary boot loader. There is a mkboot script for x86, should we do the same? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
