This is fabulous and pushes dev. Forward
[email protected] http://fabricatorz.com On Aug 21, 2011 6:21 AM, "Ernest Kugel" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi guys, I'm writing about a Virtual Appliance with Debian Squeeze and > OpenWRT-XBurst Development Tools installed, which would allow > immediately compiling OpenWRT packages for the Nanonote without going > through the painful process of setting up the development environment > yourself. > > As a non-developer, I found a working development environment to be the > single most confusing part of porting to the Nanonote, even more > confusing than OpenWRT's Makefiles. Granted, this could be my personal > lack of talent or skill, but it left me thinking removing this > "steppingstone" for some of the less experienced users might open more > doors, faster, for beginning Nanonote enthusiasts. The instructions at > http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/Building_OpenWRT_on_Debian_6 are great, > but might slightly intimidate less experienced Linux users. They are > also slightly daunting to follow if the need arises frequently (if > reinstalling OS, royally screwed something up, or other scenarios I'm > sure you ran into). > > The easiest way to get around this I could come up with was creating a > Virtual Appliance which contains the basics for compiling for the > Nanonote, using the wiki instructions for Debian Squeeze. Such an > appliance can be run in VirtualBox (free and open source) or VMWare > Player (free as in beer), even on Windows hosts. The result is a single > 2.4 GB file with a ready toolchain which is ready to "accept" package > Makefiles and compile them. Debian was installed, the toolchain was > compiled, the locales and paths were set. I gave it a quick test > compiling Pem (and a load of Perl dependencies) and it seemed to work. > > The Virtual Appliance is unimaginatively called "Debian Squeeze with > OpenWRT-XBurst Development Tools" and comes as a single .OVA file. See > details below. > > Virtual Appliance Download Page on 1fichier.com: > http://0tqstz.1fichier.com/en/index.html > .OVA file MD5 sum: f9ebe1b0cfe63ae1aa584ddff7b222ed > user: build > password: gongshow > root password: gongshow > > Instructions: > 1. Install VirtualBox. > 2. Download Virtual Appliance .OVA file. > 3. In VirtualBox click on "Machine" > "Import" and select the .OVA file. > > I've added a brief section under the Building on ... Debian Squeeze wiki > page. > > Hope someone finds this helpful. > > -- > Ernest Kugel > > > _______________________________________________ > Qi Hardware Discussion List > Mail to list (members only): [email protected] > Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion
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