Revision as of 10:48, 23 March 2008

This page is to explain how to run debian armel port on neo1973. This instructions are likely to work on freerunner, too.

1. (optional) install known good kernel

this kernel was build by Marcel_M and has some important patches in it such as removing sd debug symbols and buildin ext3 support.

wget http://rabenfrost.net/celtune/uImage-2.6.24+svnr4194-r4165-r3-neo1973.bin
./dfu-util -d 0x1457:0x5119 -a kernel -R -D ./uImage-2.6.24+svnr4194-r4165-r3-neo1973.bin

2. configure booting from sd/sdhc

Do as proposed here: Booting_from_SD

3.1. (option #1) debootstrap your own armel rootfs

debootstrap your rootfs on debian or ubuntu

debootstrap --verbose --arch armel --foreign sid ./armel-chroot http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/

Format your sd card appropriately. I'm using an 8GB shcd card here.

umount /media/card
mkfs.ext3 /dev/mmcblk0p1
mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /media/card

copy the armel chroot to your device by tar'ing it to circumvent symbolic link cycles (https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1059 <= WONTFIX)

tar -C ./armel-chroot/ -c . | ssh root@192.168.0.202 tar -C /media/card -xv

ssh to your device and execute the following commands (just copypaste everything below)

echo "nameserver 192.168.0.200" > /media/card/etc/resolv.conf
echo "fix-gta01" > /media/card/etc/hostname
echo -e "auto lo\n\
iface lo inet loopback\n\
auto usb0\n\
iface usb0 inet static\n\
    address 192.168.0.202\n\
    netmask 255.255.255.0\n\
    network 192.168.0.0\n\
    gateway 192.168.0.200\n\
    up echo nameserver 192.168.0.200 >/etc/resolv.conf" > /media/card/etc/network/interfaces

now chroot into your armel rootfs and finish the install

chroot /media/card
/debootstrap/debootstrap --second-stage
echo "deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian sid main" > /etc/apt/sources.list
apt-get update
apt-get install openssh-server

now reboot and start your debian. you can login with ssh and start configuring xorg - I will add this soon.

3.2. (option #2) download ready to use armel rootfs