Bug 15841 - Remove hddimg‽
Summary: Remove hddimg‽
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: OE-Core
Classification: Build System, Metadata & Runtime
Component: deployment (show other bugs)
Version: 5.3
Hardware: x86 Multiple
: Medium enhancement
Target Milestone: 6.2
Assignee: Ross Burton
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Reported: 2025-04-24 15:01 UTC by Ross Burton
Modified: 2026-10-27 11:01 UTC (History)
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Description Ross Burton 2025-04-24 15:01:15 UTC 
hddimgs are pretty niche, should we remove them?

They're disk images that can boot from both hard drives and USB sticks, but a standard wic image should be able to do that.

Remember to check that a wic image can be used as a bootable installer.
Comment 1 Trevor Woerner 2025-05-01 15:13:38 UTC 
possibly related to: https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13025