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Re: [ts-7000] Re: 7260: Installing Debian distro on an SD Card

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Subject: Re: [ts-7000] Re: 7260: Installing Debian distro on an SD Card
From: Eddie Dawydiuk <>
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 08:41:16 -0700 (MST)
Hello,

> If you manage to boot using the image that Eddie (in the wiki page)
> suggest I will switch to that image. Please let us know if you succeed.

Both images should work.

//Eddie

> jywmpg wrote:
>>
>> OK, thanks.
>>
>> Just to make sure I understand, the SD Card dd image for the 7260 is:
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>> fastboot-7300-sdcard-7-6-2006.dd.bz2
>>
>> Then, presuming I bunzip2 the dd image, I run the following:
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>> dd if=fastboot-7300-sdcard-7-6-2006.dd of=/dev/sdcard0/disc0/disc bs=1M
>>
>> Is that correct? The 7300 vs 7260 kind of confuses me.
>>
>> Thanks for your help
>>
>> jw
>>
>> --- In  <ts-7000%40yahoogroups.com>,
>> Eddie Dawydiuk <> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>>> I have a new 7260 and a new SanDisk 2.0GB SD card and would like to
>>>> install a clean Debian distribution on the SD card, then set up to
>>>> boot and pivot to the SD card.
>>>
>>> I modified the wiki article to clarify this topic, you should see a link
>>> to a dd image at the bottom of the article in the Downloads section. The
>>> first paragraph talks about loading Debian on an SD card.
>>>
>>>> 2. Run mkfs.ext3 to create a file system on part3
>>>
>>> You'll need a custom kernel if you'd like to use an ext3 filesystem as
>>> the default shipping kernel from Technologics does not have ext3
>>> support.
>>>
>>> //Eddie
>>>
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