[Server-devel] xsce on cubox comments

[Alex Kleider]

On 2014-03-19 20:24, Tim Moody wrote:
> I have been thinking about setting up xsce on the cubox and am asking
> for comments.
> 
> I would like the cubox to boot on its sdcard and be a viable computer.
> 
> I would like it to have the ability to put the rootfs onto an external
> drive, preferably esata.
> 
> I would like the boot process to select an external rootfs if it finds
> one otherwise the sd card.
> 
> I propose the following:
> 
> We have an sd card with a minimal fedora with boot, root, and I guess
> swap (it has it now).  The target would be a 4G card.
> 
> We have an image of the rootfs for the external drive either on the
> sdcard or on a usb stick that can be mounted.  This image for now
> would just be a minimal fedora on which to run ansible, but could
> ultimately include the entire xsce install.
> 
> A script creates swap, root, and possibly library partitions on an
> external disk (for now let’s say it is run on demand)
> It then dd copies the rootfs file to the root partition.
> It then fixes up fstab on the root partition with the uuids of the
> partitions to mount.  (Are there other things to fix up?)
> 
> At boot time U-boot looks for a rootfs partition on the external
> drive, say sda3 by convention, (I’m not sure how it recognizes one)
> and sets the argument in bootcmd to that or else the sdcard if an
> external partition is not found.
> 
> The cubox publishes its ip address as the name of a bluetooth service
> so we know where to connect if we don’t have a serial console or an
> hdmi device.  (after xsce is installed it would publish its wan ip and
> its fqdn)
> 
> Later there might be a web server on the minimal sdcard image which
> provides a graphical interface to further configuration.
> _______________________________________________
> Tim

Do you happen to know if the cubox wifi can be configured for access 
point mode (rather than client?)
I ask because if upgraded to a modern kernel, the wifi of the dreamplug 
can no longer be so configured although it is in such a configuration as 
shipped (with a 2.6? kernel and Debian squeeze.)