On Sat, 2012-06-16 at 00:37 +0000, Uttam wrote: > Hello, > > Looking to custom build a debian distribution for an embedded system. > Well the embedded system is actually quite powerful with the following > specs: > > 1. 64-bit dual core x86 > 2. 1GB RAM > 3. 80GB HD > > I have tried several different tools: > > 1. grml-debootstrap > 2. debootstrap > 3. debirf > > But none of them provide a straight forward way to build a rootfs that I > can drop off in a hard drive and boot. grml-debootstrap seems to have > that ability but is too grml specific. The number of things you need to change after a bootstrap is set, the ones I can think off the top of my head: 1. set hostname in /etc/hosts 2. set up disks in /etc/fstab 3. set up networking /etc/networking/interfaces 4. set up /etc/apt/sources.list 5. install packages, like a desktop environment, etc 6. install a bootloader (grub2) 6. anything else app specific
> Is emdebian a good choice? Not in terms of size, but more in terms of > the tools necessary to build and deploy? No, emdebian is basically just a reduced form of Debian, for low space environments. > > Thanks for any help and advice. > > Uttam > > -- -Shawn Landden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1339809386.14948.135.camel@shawn-ssd
