Re: Sheevaplug has Debian 5.0.3 pre-installed

[jtd@mtnl.net.in]

On Wednesday 09 May 2012 01:44:25 Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> * jl.050877@gmail.com <jl.050877@gmail.com> [2012-05-08 00:37]:
> > All the instructions that I find for Debian on Sheevaplug assume
> > that the plug, as purchased, has Ubuntu on it.  The one that I just
> > bought from Globalscale comes with Debian 5.0.3 (Lenny) pre-installed.
> >
> > Is the pre-installed Debian, unlike the Ubuntu they used to ship,
> > fully functional as is?
>
> This page may give some useful background:
> http://www.cyrius.com/debian/kirkwood/sheevaplug/boot.html

One of the problems is /var/cache/apt/archives get filled with upgrade 
packages.
A quick and dirty hack is to symlink  /var/cache/apt/archives to some external 
media. Upgraded several cheap chinese tablets this way.


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Rgds
JTD