Re: Debian Wheezy or Jessie install on Cubox-i4pro?

[Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com>]

Thanks!

I’ll give this a try over the weekend and report to the list on results.

Am I to assume that there is not a corresponding procedure for Wheezy?

Enjoy!
Rick

On Apr 2, 2015, at 6:12 AM, Karsten Merker <merker@debian.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 02, 2015 at 03:11:06AM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote:
>> 
>> What do I need to do to get up-to-date Wheezy (or failing that,
>> Jessie) installed on my brand-new Cubox-i4pro?  The download
>> from Solid-run is now 9 months old.
> 
> I do not have a Cubox-i4pro, but in theory the following
> instructions (which assume a serial console on the "service
> port") should result in a working Jessie install:
> 
> a) Unpack the tarball at
> 
>   http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-armhf/current/images/hd-media/hd-media.tar.gz
> 
>   onto a FAT16/FAT32/ext2/ext3/ext4-formatted USB stick
>   and copy the CD ISO image from
> 
>   http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/jessie_di_rc2/armhf/iso-cd/debian-jessie-DI-rc2-armhf-CD-1.iso
> 
>   onto the USB stick as well.
> 
> b) create a Micro-SD card with u-boot for the Cubox-i4pro by
>   writing the image at
>   http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-armhf/current/images/u-boot/MX6_Cubox-i/MX6_Cubox-i.sdcard.img.gz
>   to it.
> 
>   (Caution: this wipes any previous contents on the card)
> 
> c) Plug both the Micro-SD card and the USB stick into your
>   Cubox-i4pro and power the system on.  This will load u-boot
>   from the Micro-SD card, which should then load the installer
>   from the USB stick.  If it does not automatically load the
>   installer, entering "run bootcmd_usb0" at the u-boot prompt on
>   the serial console should start it.
> 
>   Please note that it is currently necessary to have network
>   connectivity during the installation and select a Debian
>   package mirror when asked to do so by the installer, as one
>   package that is required for the installation has not made it
>   onto the CD ISO.  If a Debian package mirror has been
>   selected, the missing package will be automatically downloaded
>   by the installer.  This problem will be fixed in the upcoming
>   final installer release.
> 
> HTH,
> Karsten
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