On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 09:07:08PM +0100, Tomas Nackaerts wrote: > > i was also unable to boot a distribution like debian or hackable from a 8gb > sd-card, but i'm not sure it is related.
You're being cryptic here. Please explain how you know it isn't working. Anyway, here's how I installed the Debian distribution to an 8 GB SD-card on a Freerunner (still with Om 2007.2 in the NAND flash ROM): --- begin Debian on Freerunner HOWTO --- Purpose: Install Debian on Neo Freerunner/1973 such that the default u-boot setup works and dpkg, which doesn't support vfat partitions, is still happy. Strategy: Create two partitions (vfat+ext2) but install as if we only use one partition. Manually copy the kernel image to the vfat partition after installation or upgrade of the kernel package. The details: Read the instructions from the Debian Wiki and download install.sh for your Neo: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianOnFreeRunner https://wiki.debian.org/DebianOnNeo1973 Remap the partitions for install.sh: # ln -s /dev/mmcblk0p2 /tmp/mmcblk0p1 # ln -s /dev/mmcblk0 /tmp/mmcblk0 Optionally: Verify your setup and set the system time: # SD_PART1_FS=vfat SD_DEVICE=/tmp/mmcblk0 ./install.sh testing time Partition and format your SDcard. Either do so yourself or use install.sh: # SD_PART1_FS=vfat ./install.sh partition format Run the rest of the installation. Feel free to add options as you see fit: # SINGLE_PART=true SD_DEVICE=/tmp/mmcblk0 ./install.sh mount debian apt fso configuration kernel Copy the kernel image to the vfat partition: # mount -t vfat /dev/mmcblk0p1 /media/card # cp -p /mnt/debian/boot/uImage.bin /media/card # umount /media/card Optionally: Copy your existing SSH setup: # cp -a ~root/.ssh /mnt/debian/root Unmount the Debian partition: # SINGLE_PART=true SD_DEVICE=/tmp/mmcblk0 ./install.sh unmount Clean up: # rm -f /tmp/mmcblk0 /tmp/mmcblk0p1 ./install.sh --- end Debian on Freerunner HOWTO --- -- Rask Ingemann Lambertsen Danish law requires addresses in e-mail to be logged and stored for a year _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community