I figured this out for Ubuntu, but it will work for Debian too. Just
replace "breezy" with the name of your branch.
$ cd ~
$ dd if=/dev/zero of=breezy.rootfs bs=1M seek=5000 count=0
$ chgrp uml breezy.rootfs
$ chmod 660 breezy.rootfs
$ mkfs.ext3 breezy.rootfs
$ mkdir tmp
# mount -o loop breezy.rootfs tmp/
# debootstrap breezy tmp http://fishbowl.marlboro.edu/ubuntu
That will set you up with a basic 5GB rootfs. Change the seek time for
dd to get different sizes.
I've also had great success with installing a very basic debian, booting
into knoppix and copying all the files (cp -a /*) to another partition.
Then replace the debootstrap part of the above instructions with copying
those files into the mounted rootfs. The advantage here is that the
installation is a bit more complete than the debootstrap one, but this
likely will not be important in a situation different than my own.
HTH,
Ian
Guy Heatley wrote:
Hello,
I have:
1) A debian host kernel with the SKAS patch (built the "debian way"
using kernel-package) version 2.6.8 built from sources and patches
retrieved via APT.
2) The sid version of the U-ML kernel (version 2.4.26-3um-1: i386)
These two things seem to work together OK. i.e. When U-ML boots the
SKAS patch is detected.
I am struggling to find a filesystem image that works out of the box.
I tried Matt Zimmerman's old woody image but have run into problems
(tty's respawning too fast).
Does anyone out there have a filesystem image known to work with the
above setup, without hours of tweaking?
Could you put it somewhere where I could download it?
Are there any good online resources covering building ones own debian
filesystem image?
I am interested to know the most popular "off the self" filesystem
images that people are using.
Cheers!
--
Guy Heatley
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