Hi Roger, Thanks for the reply. Seems to work fine now. Please take a look and see if it went through fine.
Yes, I am using 926 based core. I don't see a file /etc/emsandbox.conf. There is no file like this. If I run the '$ sudo emsandbox -a arm --create' command , I don't see any errors now and I do get the file 'emdebian-arm.tgz' in the current directory. Here is the output when I run the command, Please let me know the file system is created right for me. How can I configure what I want and what I don't in filesystem? Can I add more packages? What kind of rootfs is it - Is it a jffs2 filesystem ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- debian:/EMDEBIANFS# sudo emsandbox -a arm --create Creating an embootstrap arm chroot Building arm chroot on i386 to install arm packages. Checking for a user writeable tree in /EMDEBIANFS/pbuilder/build -> running debootstrap -> cross detected, using foreign. DEBOOTSTRAP_DIR=/usr/share/debootstrap/ debootstrap --verbose --foreign --arch arm unstable /EMDEBIANFS/pbuilder/build http://www.emdebian.org/crush/ /usr/share/emdebian-tools/emdebian.crossd<http://www.emdebian.org/crush//usr/share/emdebian-tools/emdebian.crossd> I: Retrieving Release I: Retrieving Packages I: Validating Packages I: Resolving dependencies of required packages... I: Resolving dependencies of base packages... I: Found additional required dependencies: libtextwrap1 lzma I: Found additional base dependencies: dhcp3-common e2fslibs e2fsprogs libblkid1 libbz2-1.0 libcomerr2 libdevmapper1.02.1 libpam-modules libpam-runtime libpam0g libpopt0 libselinux1 libsepol1 libss2 libuuid1 libvolume-id0 lsb-base mount ncurses-bin passwd sed sysvinit-utils tzdata I: Checking component main on http://www.emdebian.org/crush... I: Retrieving apt I: Validating apt I: Retrieving base-files I: Validating base-files I: Retrieving base-passwd I: Validating base-passwd I: Retrieving busybox I: Validating busybox I: Retrieving cdebconf I: Validating cdebconf I: Retrieving debconf-shell I: Validating debconf-shell I: Retrieving debian-archive-keyring I: Validating debian-archive-keyring I: Retrieving debianutils I: Validating debianutils I: Retrieving dhcp3-client I: Validating dhcp3-client I: Retrieving dhcp3-common I: Validating dhcp3-common I: Retrieving dpkg I: Validating dpkg I: Retrieving e2fslibs I: Validating e2fslibs I: Retrieving e2fsprogs I: Validating e2fsprogs I: Retrieving gnupg I: Validating gnupg I: Retrieving gpgv I: Validating gpgv I: Retrieving initscripts I: Validating initscripts I: Retrieving libblkid1 I: Validating libblkid1 I: Retrieving libbz2-1.0 I: Validating libbz2-1.0 I: Retrieving libc6 I: Validating libc6 I: Retrieving libcomerr2 I: Validating libcomerr2 I: Retrieving libdebian-installer4 I: Validating libdebian-installer4 I: Retrieving libdevmapper1.02.1 I: Validating libdevmapper1.02.1 I: Retrieving libgcc1 I: Validating libgcc1 I: Retrieving libncurses5 I: Validating libncurses5 I: Retrieving libnewt0.52 I: Validating libnewt0.52 I: Retrieving libpam-modules I: Validating libpam-modules I: Retrieving libpam-runtime I: Validating libpam-runtime I: Retrieving libpam0g I: Validating libpam0g I: Retrieving libpopt0 I: Validating libpopt0 I: Retrieving libreadline5 I: Validating libreadline5 I: Retrieving libselinux1 I: Validating libselinux1 I: Retrieving libsepol1 I: Validating libsepol1 I: Retrieving libslang2 I: Validating libslang2 I: Retrieving libss2 I: Validating libss2 I: Retrieving libstdc++6 I: Validating libstdc++6 I: Retrieving libtextwrap1 I: Validating libtextwrap1 I: Retrieving libuuid1 I: Validating libuuid1 I: Retrieving libvolume-id0 I: Validating libvolume-id0 I: Retrieving lsb-base I: Validating lsb-base I: Retrieving lzma I: Validating lzma I: Retrieving makedev I: Validating makedev I: Retrieving module-init-tools I: Validating module-init-tools I: Retrieving mount I: Validating mount I: Retrieving ncurses-bin I: Validating ncurses-bin I: Retrieving passwd I: Validating passwd I: Retrieving readline-common I: Validating readline-common I: Retrieving sed I: Validating sed I: Retrieving sysvinit-utils I: Validating sysvinit-utils I: Retrieving tzdata I: Validating tzdata I: Retrieving udev I: Validating udev I: Retrieving util-linux I: Validating util-linux I: Retrieving whiptail I: Validating whiptail I: Retrieving zlib1g I: Validating zlib1g I: Extracting base-passwd... I: Extracting busybox... I: Extracting cdebconf... I: Extracting debconf-shell... I: Extracting dpkg... I: Extracting libc6... I: Extracting libdebian-installer4... I: Extracting libgcc1... I: Extracting libnewt0.52... I: Extracting libslang2... I: Extracting libstdc++6... I: Extracting libtextwrap1... I: Extracting lzma... I: Extracting zlib1g... I: -> Preparing basic defaults for /EMDEBIANFS/pbuilder/build/etc I: Adding a basic /etc/profile file I: Adding a /usr/sbin/update-rc.d shell script I: Storing approximate time '041608222009' in './datestring' I: Setting cdebconf as default. I: -> Setting up dpkg in /EMDEBIANFS/pbuilder/build I: -> Unpacking packages in /EMDEBIANFS/pbuilder/build I: Starting unpacking in /EMDEBIANFS/pbuilder/build I: Unpacking apt (0.7.20.2em1) .... I: Processing apt.conffiles I: Unpacking base-files (5em1) .... I: Processing base-files.conffiles I: Unpacking base-passwd (3.5.20em1) .... I: Unpacking busybox (1:1.11.1-1em1) .... I: Unpacking cdebconf (0.138lenny2em1) .... I: Processing cdebconf.conffiles I: Unpacking debconf-shell (1.5.24em1) .... I: Unpacking debian-archive-keyring (2009.01.31em1) .... I: Unpacking debianutils (2.31em1) .... I: Unpacking dhcp3-client (3.1.1-6em1) .... I: Processing dhcp3-client.conffiles I: Unpacking dhcp3-common (3.1.1-6em1) .... I: Unpacking dpkg (1.14.25em1) .... I: Processing dpkg.conffiles I: Unpacking e2fslibs (1.41.3-1em1) .... I: Unpacking e2fsprogs (1.41.3-1em1) .... I: Processing e2fsprogs.conffiles I: Unpacking gnupg (1.4.9-3em1) .... I: Unpacking gpgv (1.4.9-3em1) .... I: Unpacking initscripts (2.86.ds1-61em1) .... I: Processing initscripts.conffiles I: Unpacking libblkid1 (1.41.3-1em1) .... I: Unpacking libbz2-1.0 (1.0.5-1em1) .... I: Unpacking libc6 (2.7-18em1) .... I: Processing libc6.conffiles I: Unpacking libcomerr2 (1.41.3-1em1) .... I: Unpacking libdebian-installer4 (0.61em1) .... I: Unpacking libdevmapper1.02.1 (2:1.02.27-4em1) .... I: Unpacking libgcc1 (1:4.3.2-1.1em1) .... I: Unpacking libncurses5 (5.7+20090124-1em1) .... I: Unpacking libnewt0.52 (0.52.2-11.3em1) .... I: Unpacking libpam-modules (1.0.1-5em1) .... I: Processing libpam-modules.conffiles I: Unpacking libpam-runtime (1.0.1-5em1) .... I: Processing libpam-runtime.conffiles I: Unpacking libpam0g (1.0.1-5em1) .... I: Unpacking libpopt0 (1.14-4em1) .... I: Unpacking libreadline5 (5.2-3.1em1) .... I: Unpacking libselinux1 (2.0.65-5em1) .... I: Unpacking libsepol1 (2.0.30-2em1) .... I: Unpacking libslang2 (2.1.3-3em1) .... I: Unpacking libss2 (1.41.3-1em1) .... I: Unpacking libstdc++6 (4.3.2-1.1em1) .... I: Unpacking libtextwrap1 (0.1-6em1) .... I: Unpacking libuuid1 (1.41.3-1em1) .... I: Unpacking libvolume-id0 (0.125-7em2) .... I: Unpacking lsb-base (3.2-20em1) .... I: Unpacking lzma (4.43-14em1) .... I: Unpacking makedev (2.3.1-88em1) .... I: Unpacking module-init-tools (3.4-1em3) .... I: Processing module-init-tools.conffiles I: Unpacking mount (2.13.1.1-1em1) .... I: Unpacking ncurses-bin (5.7+20090124-1em1) .... I: Unpacking passwd (1:4.1.1-6em1) .... I: Processing passwd.conffiles I: Unpacking readline-common (5.2-3.1em1) .... I: Unpacking sed (4.1.5-8em1) .... I: Unpacking sysvinit-utils (2.86.ds1-61em1) .... I: Unpacking tzdata (2008i-3em1) .... I: Unpacking udev (0.125-7em2) .... I: Processing udev.conffiles I: Unpacking util-linux (2.13.1.1-1em1) .... I: Processing util-linux.conffiles I: Unpacking whiptail (0.52.2-11.3em1) .... I: Unpacking zlib1g (1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12em1) .... I: Removing archives... I: -> Adapting configuration for Emdebian I: busybox configuration not required I: Adding default busybox inittab I: Adding default busybox rcS I: -> First stage install complete in /EMDEBIANFS/pbuilder/build -> debootstrap stage complete -> Checking for machine:variant hooks -> copying local configuration -> Installing apt-lines for http://www.emdebian.org/crush/ Copying back the cached apt archive contents -> creating base tarball [/EMDEBIANFS/emdebian-arm.tgz] -> cleaning the build env -> removing directory /EMDEBIANFS/pbuilder/build and its subdirectories debian:/EMDEBIANFS# ls emdebian-arm.tgz pbuilder ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Many thanks Aman.

