On 11/17/18 20:53, A. Dumas wrote:
> fugee ohu  wrote:
>> can someone make me a raspbian image for pi zero that has flashrom
>> installed already, i dont wanna start buying sundry adapters, rather buy
>> a  pi zero w
>
> No one will. You can copy the necessary files to the first partition of the
> sdcard on another computer (shutdown Pi, ger card out, put in other
> computer, copy files, put card back in Pi). The files will show up in the
> /boot directory on the Pi.
>
>

well, if you use a Linux computer, you can also write to the EXT4
partition, change config info, etc..

with FreeBSD on the RPi I go a step further and do OS updates with the
ufs partition mounted on a 'build machine' (running FreeBSD), where I
can do a cross-platform kernel+world build and then install it to the SD
card.  [and packages could be built or downloaded on a different RPi and
copied to the appropriate directory on the SD card]

besides, if you have a USB to ethernet adaptor it does not have to be
dedicated to a single RPi device.  You could just hook it up for
programming the thing, then use it for something else when the RPi has
been set up [maybe another pi zero] while the programmed device is
blinking lights or displaying things on a screen or whatever, without
needing a wireless or ethernet to 'do its thang'.


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