Re: [Devil-linux-develop] remote update

[Heiko Z. <he...@zu...>]

Friedrich Lobenstock wrote:

> Bruce Smith wrote on 08.02.2004 17:50 MET:
> 
>>> The update must be signed (pgp) and performed from within initrd, 
>>> that's the easy part.
>>>
>>> My original idea was to add the iso image as boot.cd.new to the root 
>>> of the media and then just check for it's existence, verify it, 
>>> rename it to bootcd.iso and continue.
>>
>>
>>
>> So, the USB stick has to be large enough to hold TWO copies of the ISO?
> 
> 
> Hmmm...yes we can not overwrite the current ISO as it is currently
> mounted. What if we go back to load everything into memory? Then
> we could just replace the ISO on the memory stick (incl. its
> signature file) in place. What is cheaper? RAM or USB-Memory sticks?

That would require hundreds of MBs. I would say if somebody wants to use 
this feature, he has to provide the necessary space on this stick or 
whereever it is on.

> BTW how do we handle the ISOs created with custom-cd?

Since the User will replace the ISO himself, he can do it with whatever 
version he prefers.

Heiko