On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 01:01:17AM +0000, Major A wrote: > 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.
Yes, the image was tarred up from a live system, which was in turn created by debootstrap and some manual configuration. Unpacking the packages on a host system _might_ work (depending on how the pre-installation scripts are written), but post-install configuration must be performed on the native architecture, since it needs to be able to run programs. -- - mdz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
