format an SD card - Githubissues

akshayrf12345 commented 4 years ago

We would need a command which could format an SD card

[ ] review generl/cmburn.py and see what needs to be implemented
[ ] even in pi/* the burn command has many more options, many of which have not even been attempted to be reimplemented

Add here the things we need, we want to file at one point separate issues, for now, we just collect here. We will reevaluate all features which are required as previous activities were not completed

[x] review the manual page and see what needs to be there and implemented
[x] hostname on sd card
[x] static ip on sd card
[x] key on sd card
[x] switch on sshd
[x] disable password login
[x] allow WIFI to be configured on sd crad
[ ] evaluate other features from general/cmburn

laszewsk commented 4 years ago

This issue was not completed and motivates a complete redo of the pi burn activity. The previous work failed to leverage methods that were perfectly working in general/cmburn.py A review of previous activities in cmburn.py was not conducted. The previous work done did not even leverage all the working code we used to have.

Due to the failure of proper implementation, code review, major flaws were introduced into the new code and major features were not implemented. The main issue seems to be that the burn does not disable the default password which was a requirement communicated form the start. Another was that WIFI could not be switched on and off, but that task never got started as other tasks were simply not completed.

The current version of cm pi burn I would not even consider as pre-alpha due to the severe bugs and the highly incomplete implementation of that.

We will start collecting all the issues we see. At this time we should consider the project as 0% done. The result of this is based on a re-review of this work being done over the Christmas break.

rickotten commented 4 years ago

Kernel panic-not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(179,2) https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/40854/kernel-panic-not-syncing-vfs-unable-to-mount-root-fs-on-unknown-block179-6

This error occasionally happens when booting up pi3 for first time. Fixed by using cm-pi-burn again. Not sure why this is hapenning.

laszewsk commented 4 years ago

have you made sure the card you place in the burner is formatted properly, we assume that is the case ...

laszewsk commented 3 years ago

Should this be added to or FAQ.

rickotten commented 3 years ago

Added to FAQ/Hints. Closing.

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