Oops, I forgot to add net-tools, I'm used to iproute2 having everything, and I meant to say the EmDebian Wiki page, not the Debootstrap Wiki page.
On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 11:17 PM, R Paxton <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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