Re: wanted debootstrap script for wheezey or later armel
On Fri, 16 May 2014 22:45:19 +0100
peter green <plugwash@p10link.net> wrote:
> RichardBown wrote:
> > Hi
> > As this pogopig isn't playing on an install, I've mounted the USB
> > HD on ~/debarm/work
> > and trying to run
> > sudo debootstrap --arch armel wheezey work/
> > http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian
> >
> > E: No such script: /usr/share/debootstrap/scripts/wheezey
> >
> As others have said you misspelt wheezy
>
> But even if you spell it right generally to debootstrap a foreign
> architecture you do a two stage boostrap
>
> to do the first stage run
>
> sudo debootstrap --arch armel wheezy --foreign work/
> http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian
>
> To do the second stage you have two options. Either you can do the
> second stage with user mode qemu or you can do it on the device. To
> do it with qemu you would do.
>
> apt-get install qemu-arm-static binfmt-support
> cp /usr/bin/qemu-arm-static work/usr/bin
> chroot work
> debootstrap/debootstrap --second-stage
>
> To do it on the device I presume you boot with init=/bin/sh and then
> run "debootstrap/deboostrap --second-stage" but i've never tried it.
>
> I guess it might be possible to avoid the two stage bootstrap by
> copying qemu to the chroot location before starting the bootstrap
> process but I haven't tried this.
>
>
>
>
Thanks Peter
a positive response :)
The second alternative is I think a non starter on a pogoplug.
However I'll try the qemu method and post the result , I'll go and get
the USB drive and try again now, will the --foreign switch stop the
process before writing to /proc ?
Thanks again
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Richard Bown
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