How to: 1) Create one full partition on Compact Flash Card # Attack CF card on CF card reader in my case CF is device /dev/sdb. Show with command: dmesg | grep sd # fdisk /dev/sdb list partitions: # Command (m for help): p delete all partitions and create only one Linux partition: # Command (m for help): d 1 # Command (m for help): c 2 mark as bootable # Command (m for help): a 2 # Command (m for help): w # Command (m for help): q Format CF: # mkfs.ext3 -v /dev/sdb1 2) Run debootstrap to install base system on CF card If you dont using GNU/Debian or Ubuntu systems, you can install debootstramp directly downloading here: http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/debootstrap/ or Install debootstrap using apt-get or aptitude: # aptitude install debootstrap 3) Mount CF card # mkdir /mnt/debinst Mount CF on /mnt/debinst. Change your device! # mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/debinst # mkdir /mnt/debinst/{proc,dev,sys} # mount -o bind /dev /mnt/debinst/dev # mount -t proc /proc /mnt/debinst/proc # mount -t sysfs /sys /mnt/debinst/sys Run debootstrap: # debootstrap --arch i386 squeeze /mnt/debinst http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian 4) Configuring base system Chroot into new GNU/Debian system: # LANG=C chroot /mnt/debinst /bin/bash # export TERM=xterm-color Configure partitioning table to add two lines /etc/fstab # sed -i "1s/$/\n proc \/proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0/" /etc/fstab Get UUID variable with command: # UUID=$(dumpe2fs /dev/sdb1 | grep 'UUID' | cut -d':' -f2 | sed 's/[[:space:]]//g') Show $UUID value: # echo "$UUID" # sed -i "1s/$/\n UUID=$UUID \/ ext3 defaults,noatime 0 1/" /etc/fstab /etc/fstab looks like this: UUID=8378c672-3c2f-42ef-9ad1-f7309d4f54a2 / ext3 defaults,noatime 0 1 proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0 Note: UUID value is different. Setting Timezone: # dpkg-reconfigure tzdata Configure Neworking: Edit /etc/network/interfaces # vi /etc/network/interfaces Some simple example. I'm using DHCP client to obtain IP address: ############## /etc/network/interfaces ########################## # We always want the loopback interface. # auto lo iface lo inet loopback # To use dhcp: # auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp # An example static IP setup: (broadcast and gateway are optional) # # auto eth0 # iface eth0 inet static # address 192.168.0.42 # network 192.168.0.0 # netmask 255.255.255.0 # broadcast 192.168.0.255 # gateway 192.168.0.1 ############## /etc/network/interfaces ########################## Configure hostname: # vi /etc/hostname Insert you hostname: embedded-deb Configure Apt: Add the following lines for source packages and security updates (/etc/apt/sources.list) deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main # sed -i '1s/$/\ndeb http:\/\/security\.debian\.org\/ squeeze\/updates main/' /etc/apt/sources.list # sed -i '1s/$/\ndeb-src http:\/\/security\.debian\.org\/ squeeze\/updates main/' /etc/apt/sources.list # aptitude update Configure Locales and Keyboard: # aptitude install locales # dpkg-reconfigure locales # aptitude install console-data # dpkg-reconfigure console-data Install Kernel # aptitude install linux-image-2.6-486 Set up the Boot Loader # aptitude install grub Now you must configure grub Edit /etc/default/grub file and add/adjust like this: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="verbose console=ttyS0,38400n8 reboot=bios" GRUB_SERIAL_COMMAND="serial --unit=0 --speed=38400" GRUB_TERMINAL=serial Execute grub command to adjust configuration: Install grub on MBR # grub-install /dev/sdb Create a sane and working /boot/grub/menu.lst # update-grub Assume your CF card corresponds to device /dev/sdb, change grub configuration to replace (string hd1 to hd0): # sed -i 's/hd1/hd0/g' /boot/grub/grub.cfg Configure /etc/inittab to run a console on the serial line Comment-out or remove the following lines: #1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1 #2:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2 #3:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty3 #4:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty4 #5:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty5 #6:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty6 Add following line after '#6...' line: T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 38400 5) Finishing Set root password # passwd root Install some packages: syslog and sudo # aptitude install rsyslog sudo Choose a profile to install (or execute tasksel without any argument to select) # tasksel install standard # tasksel install ssh-server You can free up some diskspace (files downloaded) # aptitude clean 6) Put CF on Alix mini-itx onboard and boot new GNU/Debian Squeeze!

• published: 30 Aug 2011
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• author: dragonaircraft