Thread: Clone OS to SD Deb!! Boot from SD made EASY!!
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Originally Posted by memson View Post
I love your DEB, it works well. But you are missing my point. I don't know anything about what was *in* your bootmenu.conf and I don't have time to learn how Fanoush's stuff works. All I needed to do was *get* the boot menu and then the rest, as someone else stated, was simple. But if I have no idea how you altered the bootmenu.conf, the only way I was going to get an answer was:

a) From you directly (you didn't actually give any answer that was helpful)
b) From unpacking the DEB file
c) From trial and error.

I'm sorry you feel that your work is unappreciated by me. I enjoy the results of your labour every day. But if you created a package to do the reinstall after flash, you'd save yourself the hassle of people asking you for that part over and over again. Remeber, RTFM is neither a helpful answer to a question nor is it going to help clueless non LINUX users (I count myself in that boat.) OS X or Windows I know... BeOS ever... LINUX.. nope.

I think you are missing my point. I made software and it works good for its purpose. You want software that does something different that what I made.

"Remeber, RTFM is neither a helpful answer to a question nor is it going to help clueless non LINUX users"

Did I tell you to RTFM?? NO, I created a simple deb that anyone can use. Supporting people wanting to do things my deb does not do, is not my problem. I pointed you to the correct location "fanoush" the rest is up to you. Find the thread that discusses bootmenu and ask your questions in the right place.




"I got the file I needed in the end, but why did I need to go through all this pain to find it? If you are making it easy to boot from SD, could you also make it easy to replace the bootmenu after reflashing too?"

The reason you had to go through the pain is because you wanted the deb to do something it is not intended to do.

My deb is made for cloning, not just installing bootmenu. Fanoush's package is for intalling bootmenu


""bootmenu.conf" - which is NOT in Fanoush's package"

Yes it actually is "bootmenu.conf.n8x0.example" and bootmenu.conf.n770.example

"But if you created a package to do the reinstall after flash, you'd save yourself the hassle of people asking you for that part over and over again"

No hassle, I can say "no" over and over again.

I could make a deb to do what you are asking. I however have lots of stuff on my plate with what "I" actually want to do. Then there is that pesky job, and those 4 kids and a wife to contend with.

am I just being a dick again? It doesnt feel like it, but I am a bad judge
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