Re: Installing debian on ARM board
+++ Amandeep Bhullar [2009-04-22 10:04 -0300]:
> Hi Friends,
>
> I am new to this so I might be asking something very simple. But I do need
> your help.
> I have an ARM based board AT91SAM9263-EK and I want to run Debian on it. I
> am running U-Boot 2009.03.
> What options do I have for installation. I don't have a CD-ROM interface
> or Hard disk on it where I can boot from but I do have USB device ports
> and can use USB stick.
> Can I do it using USB stick?
The HD-media version of debian-installer is designed to install from
USB-sticks. However there are a number of issues you wil face:
The installer can not yet install to onboard (MTD) flash, only disks
(including USB sticks) (you could have two?).
There probably isn't a kernel in Debian to support your device so
you'll have to mess about quite a lot to get a working kernel and
corresponding modules installed, and the installer may not boot at all
without finding out how to put a substitute kernel/modules in.
> How will I do it.
If you want to install to internal flash then Debian-installer is not
much use. If installing to a USB drive/SD card/HD is OK then find the
wiki pages on substituting a kernel and use your kernel+HD-media
installer to install.
An alternative is to make a rootfs with emdebian multistrap (or a
debian rootfs with debootstrap), get that copied onto your device and
boot into it with your normal kernel. This is how I install onto MTD
devices (using a buildroot minimal rootfs to do the copying and
installing).
Wookey
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