On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 17:01, Major A wrote: > > As it says on the page, I don't have time to work on it right now (even less > > now than then), and volunteers are more than welcome. > > > > I don't see why you shouldn't be able to use a different kernel; probably > > any of the OZ kernels should work, and they give you a range of options for > > dividing up your memory. > > Just to keep you updated -- I've successfully installed your debian > root image with a custom kernel on the Zaurus C750 (haven't tried 5500 > yet). The same can also be done on the other C7x0 models and the 5600 > because they have fundamentally the same bootloader/flash layout. The > touchscreen doesn't work yet and X comes up in portrait mode, which is > rather awkward, but that should be rather easy to fix. > > One thing I'm wondering about: how did you actually create that root > image? It seems to be that you somehow installed everything on the Z, > then tarred it all up... the ssh host keys certainly make it look that > way. Does Debian have a tool (or even just a HOWTO) for making root > images? What I would ideally like to have is an apt-get and dpkg that > run on a host computer but use a different architecture and have their > own status and archive files in, say, /scratch/zaurus/root/var/ . That > way I could gather and configure all the basic packages I need and > then build a jffs2 image from that. > > Another solution would be to get some ARM disk image and unpack the > base package from there -- maybe that's even easier.
The Debian packages debootstrap, rootstrap, and pbuilder all support the creation of chroot's or of disk images. I've never tried any of them; judging from the package descriptions, none sounds like exactly what you want (either they build a chroot, rather than a disk image; or they expect to run programs inside the image), but they might be a good starting point. Carl Witty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
