Well the Debootstrap Wiki page really helped. Of course I had to add my own utilities, especially the networking ones, to make the system more usable out of the box. I've also added in more files. Maybe I should start a blog or edit the Wiki page to reflect some of the meager changes.
For example, here's a working multistrap.conf to install EmDebian Grip Stable. ---- [General] arch=mipsel cleanup=true directory=rootfs noauth=false bootstrap=Grip Debian Security aptsources=Grip Debian Security [Grip] packages=busybox-static dropbear htop ifupdown iproute iputils-ping mc mtd-utils procps tmux triggerhappy u-boot-tools udev vim-tiny source=http://www.emdebian.org/grip keyring=emdebian-archive-keyring suite=stable-grip [Debian] packages= source=http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian keyring=debian-archive-keyring suite=stable [Security] packages= source=http://security.debian.org keyring=debian-archive-keyring suite=stable/updates ---- I tried using vanilla Debian by changing the bootstrap to Grip and the aptsources to Debian and Security, but it wouldn't boot. Maybe I wasn't trying hard enough. That's alright, EmDebian is quite good enough. I like how small it is. I'll keep the backup rootfs, try out some tips from the UBIFS wiki page: http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/Ubifs And then see if I can get the whole root partition "UBIfied". I want to thank everyone here for this great little device, I only wish it had more loving support. On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 7:12 PM, R Paxton <[email protected]> wrote: > Paul, > > Thanks for letting me know about Multistrap. I just glanced over that > keyword once without much thought. I have tired "just about everything" > without much success so far. I tried compiling the openwrt-xburst Git repo > so I could get the toolchain, but I wasn't having much luck. After going > through menuconfig, make just doesn't seem to want to build properly at the > end. Of course I can't use Qi-kernel (not OpenWRT's kernel) without a > toolchain I know is going to work. I'm uncertain what to do there cause I'm > too dumb. :) > > As much as I like the idea of EmDebian, they also remove the manpages, > which I use a lot. I could make do with Busybox, but I also like the > full-fledged GNU utilities. Sue me. > > So with Multistrap, it seems to function differently. It sounds like it > could it be possible to automate creation of a kernel uImage that can be > programmed into the NAND, and to make a root file-system for UBIFS, or just > a Tarbell... I'm content with using an SD card for my rootfs though, > although I wish I could figure out how to get U-boot to automatically boot > from the SD card only without holding down "M", and just mount the > remaining 3rd partition on the MTD device as some sort of.... I dunno, > temporary FS. Not a RamFS or Loop device because that would work > terribly.... > > I missed the Ben Nanonote VM E-Mail. I shamefully deleted it. I was > thinking it would have been really great if I had set up a VM first to test > everything out so I wouldn't have to spend so much time getting things to > work on the real hardware. I think that's why I started moving to the SD > card. Less hassle to set up swap, and I don't have to kill off the NAND > with so many writes! > > Maybe I'll keep any of you informed of any success stories I have with > this thing. The number one thing people complained about the Ben was lack > of network connectivity. But why even have it when wired USB is more > reliable, and you're outside where there's no coffee shop with free Wi-Fi? > It would make more sense to just have mobile broadband then. Haha. >
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