On Fri, 3 Apr 2020 at 09:01, <aijaz.b...@protonmail.com> wrote: > I am looking at 'dumping' a Debian like rootfs on the MMC and then use that > as the default rootfs instead of the busybox one. Is there an easy to follow > guide that you can point me at? Would save me a couple hours. Also, merely > specifying that partition as the kernel 'root' parameter should suffice right?
If you just want to run Debian on a 32-bit arm model and you don't care about it specifically being vexpress (or that it's cortex-a9 rather than -a15) you're probably better off using the "virt" board, which has more memory, supports pci and so can use real hard disks and a more efficient network interface, etc. This walkthrough is a few years old now but should still be basically correct I think: https://translatedcode.wordpress.com/2016/11/03/installing-debian-on-qemus-32-bit-arm-virt-board/ thanks -- PMM
