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Debian Installer 2009-03-09 (armel)
Debian Ramdisk (armel) 2009-03-09 is a version of the Debian installer that can be used to install pure Debian armel or Debian armel with EuroTech modifications onto EuroTech boards. This installer can be used if you would like to install a newer version of Debian than EuroTech has released, or if you want to fully customise your Debian installation.
This image is based on and installs the armel port of Debian, which uses EABI.
EABI is a new application binary interface (ABI) for Linux that offers performance improvements over the old ABI through use of softfloat instructions for floating point arithmetic, a more efficient syscall convention, and the option to use VFP hardware if the CPU has it. See the EABI FAQ for details.
The armel port is recommended for all Eurotech boards that can run a 2.6 kernel that supports it.
We do not recommend that most users use this method to install Debian, since it is quicker and less failure prone to use our prepackaged Debian root filesystem. See this forum post for details.
Debian will be installed to a USB hard drive connected to the board, and all contents of the USB drive will be erased by the install.
The following files are included in this release:
ramdisk.gz - installer image
install_config.txt - u-boot bootloader configuration file for installer
root_config.txt - u-boot bootloader file to start the installer
cmdline.txt - used to boot on systems not using the u-boot bootloader
cmdline_bitsyx.txt - used to boot the BitsyX
MD5SUMS - checksums of files in this release
Usage To use it, download the ramdisk.gz image from the link above and copy it to an ATA flash card. Also copy onto the card, the kernel zImage file for the kernel you want to use. Note that you must use an EABI version of the kernel, such as the one provided here. This README.txt file provides more information on using the installer.
On the BitsyX, use this cmdline.txt.
On AGX, GCX and VGX, use this cmdline.txt.
To install Debian without EuroTech additions, in a fully interactive mode, edit the cmdline.txt file and remove everything from "preseed/url" on to the end of the line.
Boot the system from compact flash and proceed with the first stage of installation. If you are installing Debian with EuroTech additions, this installation process should be completely noninteractive. If you are not you will need to answer the normal questions related to a Debian installation.
After installation is complete, remove the compact flash and replace the cmdline.txt file with the cmdline.txt files needed to boot Debian from a hard drive. The files can be downloaded from the Full Debian Distribution (armel) 2007-08-27 release. Consult the README.txt from that release for details and additional information about using Debian on EuroTech boards.
Verification MD5SUMS provides MD5 checksums for all files in this release.
History This is an updated release of our Debian based installer for armel. The previous, 2008-10-24, release no longer works.
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