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Subject: Re: [ts-7000] Making a Debian Root-fs from scratch
From: Jim Ham <>
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 21:43:46 -0700
I've used buildroot (http://buildroot.org/) for my project. It's an 
awesome tool. I set it up to use Technologic's toolchain and it just 
works. My filesystem on a 7390+4700 is about 130M. This includes all the 
normal utilities; full X server; gdb server; FTP, HTTP, ssh and NFS 
servers; and my application. For an embedded application I don't see any 
downside. The box boots (with a splash that includes a progress bar) in 
about 30 seconds. It takes a little longer if no DHCP server is present. 
I'm a happy camper :-) .

Jim Ham


allgood38 wrote:
> So the kernel is loaded directly into the SBC memory through RedBoot, and to 
> put a new file-system onto the board, you simply copy a file system over to 
> the root drive (or boot from nfs).
>
> So how are these root file-systems made? I was looking at Debian (armel 
> binaries) and there is the debootstrap utility to make the root-file system 
> except for things like the nodes in the /dev folder.
>
> Can anyone point me in the direction of some relevant documentation, or a 
> tutorial?
>
> Has anyone given this a try?
>
> Would something like the nodes in the dev folder be populated automatically 
> through udev? Or do the SBC boards not support that?
>
> Sorry, this is a lot of information all at once, any help is welcome.
>
> I'm using a TS-7260.
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