Bug 5018 - Improve the minimal installer in OE and fix bugs in it
Summary: Improve the minimal installer in OE and fix bugs in it
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: OE-Core
Classification: Build System, Metadata & Runtime
Component: core (show other bugs)
Version: 1.4
Hardware: x86 Multiple
: Undecided normal
Target Milestone: 1.5 M4
Assignee: Chen Qi
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Blocks: 4075
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Reported: 2013-08-16 02:36 UTC by Chen Qi
Modified: 2013-08-21 01:32 UTC (History)
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Documentation change: No (bug/feature does not impact docs)

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Description Chen Qi 2013-08-16 02:36:12 UTC 
The current minimal installer in OE has some bugs and flaws. Please see details below.

1. The hard drive searching process only searches 'hda' 'hdb' 'sda' 'sdb' 'mmcblk0' and 'mmcblk1'. If a hard dirve with the name 'hdc' is available, it will not be recognized. Besides, it doesn't support installing into a removable media like USB.

2. The naming of the intermediate directory is not descriptive enough. For example, /ssd serves as mount point for both the root partition and boot partition. A renaming is needed for future maintance work.

3. The boot partition was created but there was no corresponding entry in /etc/fstab. Besides, even if the boot partition is mounted, there will be odd directory hierarchy like /boot/boot/grub/. It should be /boot/grub.

//Chen Qi