https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=334475 Summary: kiwi: allow specification of pre-built boot image in config.xml Product: openSUSE.org Version: unspecified Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Enhancement Priority: P5 - None Component: System Imaging AssignedTo: ms@novell.com ReportedBy: ms@novell.com QAContact: adrian@novell.com Found By: --- So I talked to Marcus for a while about how to do the branding automatically and it is indeed a bit more complicated than we'd thought. Basically, when Kiwi builds an image, it actually builds TWO images: the system image, and the boot image (also known as initrd). The bootsplash branding needs to be dropped into the _boot_ image. Right now we have no way of configuring the boot image. So Marcus is going to modify Kiwi to give us a way of specifying a pre-built boot image at the kiwi commandline and/or in the config.xml (Marcus, I think it might be more useful in the commandline). Then, we'll have to add a new step to our kiwi-runner process: first, build the boot image with the embedded branding, THEN, build the whole system image, passing it the pre-built boot image. To make boot image building fast, we'll have to use a base tree there. While Marcus is doing that, we can perfect the script that does the generation. What we should do is create a new gfxboot theme and drop it into /usr/share/gfxboot/themes/@image.shortname. Then, during image build, we run 'make prep' in that directory and do the other required actions (I'm not sure what they are). So, it's a little more complicated than we thought, but do-able. If making a custom operating system weren't complicated, people wouldn't need an image builder! -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.