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Re: install on compact flash



On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 12:49:20AM -0400, David Zelinsky wrote:
> I bought a single-board computer from Soekris Engineering that uses a
> compact flash card instead of a hard drive.  I would like to install
> Debian on the CF card while it's in the USB card reader attached to my
> laptop, so that I when I put the card in the single-board computer, it
> will be all ready to boot and run.
> 
> How do I do that?  The only instructions I've found are for putting
> the Debian installer and iso image on the card.  But then when I boot
> from it, I have to go through the whole installation process.  I don't
> want to do that, since the Soekris has no monitor or keyboard.
> 
> Is there a way to install without using the Debian installer?  Or is
> there some way to run the installer on my laptop and have it install
> everything on the compact flash card (and not mess with my laptop's OS
> of course)?
> 
Hi David,
at a local user group they created pebble linux but now folks use
pyramid linux, both based on debian and use soekris. check out those via
google and maybe nycwireless's web site.
cheers,
Kev
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