+++ Uttam [2012-06-16 00:37 +0000]: > 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. > > Is emdebian a good choice? Not in terms of size, but more in terms of > the tools necessary to build and deploy?
multistrap is useful as an image-creator, although you generally still need to do some tweaking to get a bootable image (it has a scripting mechanism for this). Why do you need a pre-configured image? Would FAI (autoimated installer) not get you what you want? Wookey -- Principal hats: Linaro, Emdebian, Wookware, Balloonboard, ARM http://wookware.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
