On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 09:08:35AM -0500, Luis Daniel Lucio Quiroz wrote: > Le mercredi 10 juin 2009 08:42:33, RB a écrit : > > 2009/6/10 Alex Samad <[email protected]>: > > > is it possible to build my boot image on a CF on another machine, then > > > just transfer the CF over to the net5501 ? > > > > Yes; in fact, that's the way many embedded setups are done. Thomas > > covers a couple of BSD distros that focus on the embedded space and > > that may well provide a pre-built image - there are more Linux ones > > than I care to enumerate. > > _______________________________________________ > > Soekris-tech mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > I did that using vmware or openbox to install my first image with Mandriva > 2009.0. I did next: > 0. Configure your vmx as much as soekris is: no sound, sda for CF, 256 MBram, > etc. > 1. install in vmx all you need, include kernel-source > 2. look for a .config file for your soekris. if you use mandriva, look some > configures I've paste in mandriva pastebin. Install kernel. > 3. configure your grub for soekris, look for in debian there are such > document. > tell grub default kernel is the one you 've compilled > 4. move your CF into sokeris
thanks that was about my thought process as well, I was looking at debian and using virtualbox, my original thought was to push the cf through to VB and write directly to it. but I guess I can save some cycle by making an image and then dd'ing over Alex > > be happy > _______________________________________________ > Soekris-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > -- "I hope you leave here and walk out and say, 'What did he say?'" - George W. Bush 08/13/2004 Beaverton, OR
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