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>
> 1) Is there similar functionality elsewhere in OE that I haven't seen,
> and could just use as-is?
>
>
> Have you looked at altboot? it uses custom init-scripts and can be
configured to do the kind of things you were looking at. Originally it was
written to allow Zaurus machines to boot from loop-images on SD or even over
NFS. I have it set up to boot a kenel and rootfs on my SD card.


I hope this helps,

Henry