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I just tried out the How-To, some things came to my mind while doing so... |
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On Thursday 18 August 2005 02:19, Heath Holcomb wrote: |
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> Version 0.08 |
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> Please add, delete, modify. Thanks! |
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> Small fixes, but one very important. All work arounds are back. |
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> I've update my website with this version also. |
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> http://www.bulah.com/embeddedgentoo.html |
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> #-------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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>------ # Embedded Gentoo How-To for x86 |
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> # |
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> # A how-to guide to setup a Gentoo embedded environment, you must be root. |
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> # These commands are to be run on your development system, |
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> # any x86 Gentoo Linux computer will do. The system should be fast, |
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> # to speed development. The target can be any x86 based SBC. I'm |
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> # using a Geode based SBC. Latter I'll use a Via based SBC. |
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> # |
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> # versio 0.08 |
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> # 2005.8.13 |
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> # |
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> # Heath Holcomb (heath at bulah.com) |
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> # Ned Ludd (original commands posted) |
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> # Lloyd Sargent (contributor) |
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> # Yuri Vasilevski (contributor) |
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> # Mike George (contributor) |
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> # Kammi Cazze (contributor) |
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> # Marius Schaefer (contributor) |
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> # |
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> # Definitions and Terms |
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> # system_rootfs = your regular rootfs, development computer |
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> # development_rootfs = what you use to build the embedded_rootfs |
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> # embedded_rootfs = rootfs you deploy to the target system |
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> # SBC = single board computer (here it's an x86 based) |
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> # |
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> # References |
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> # http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/index.xml |
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> # http://www.epiawiki.org |
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> # http://epia.kalf.org |
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> # Gentoo embedded mailing list (gentoo-embedded@l.g.o) |
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> # |
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> # |
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> # Overview of process (steps) |
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> # 1 - Prepare the development_rootfs from your system_rootfs |
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> # 2 - Build the development_rootfs |
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> # 3 - Build the embedded_rootfs |
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> # 4 - Build and install non-system programs to the embedded_rootfs |
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> # 5 - Build and install a kernel to the embedded_rootfs |
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> # 6 - Deploy embedded_rootfs to target |
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> # |
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> #-------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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>------ |
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> #----- Step 1 - Prepare the development_rootfs from your system_rootfs |
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> ------- |
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> # You must be root. |
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> su - |
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> cd /opt |
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> # Create the development_rootfs directory. |
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> # I use i586 because of target is a Geode processor. |
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> mkdir -p /opt/i586-gentoo-uclibc-linux/usr/portage |
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> # Download the latest stage 1 tarball. |
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> wget \ |
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> http://mirror.usu.edu/mirrors/gentoo/experimental/x86/embedded/stages/\ |
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> stage1-x86-uclibc-2005.0.tar.bz2 |
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> # Untar the stage to the development_rootfs. |
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> tar -xvjpf stage1-x86-uclibc-2005.0.tar.bz2 -C |
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> /opt/i586-gentoo-uclibc-linux/ |
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> # Mount the proc and portage directories to your development_rootfs. |
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> # Makes your system_rootfs's proc and portage directory available from |
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> inside # of your development_rootfs (after chrooting). |
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> mount --bind /proc /opt/i586-gentoo-uclibc-linux/proc/ |
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> mount --bind /usr/portage /opt/i586-gentoo-uclibc-linux/usr/portage |
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> # Copy over DNS information to the development_rootfs. |
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> cp /etc/resolv.conf /opt/i586-gentoo-uclibc-linux/etc/resolv.conf |
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> # Chroot into the development_rootfs. |
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> chroot /opt/i586-gentoo-uclibc-linux /bin/bash --login |
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> #----- Step 2 - Build the development_rootfs |
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> --------------------------------- |
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> # Create new environment and load variables into memory. |
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> env-update |
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> source /etc/profile |
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> # Modify make.conf file to your liking/needs. |
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> nano -w /etc/make.conf |
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> # This is for my target, Geode x86 processor. |
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> /* |
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> USE="bitmap-fonts minimal truetype-fonts mmx" |
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> CHOST="i586-gentoo-linux-uclibc" |
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> CFLAGS="-march=i586 -Os -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -mmmx" |
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> CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" |
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> FEATURES="buildpkg" |
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> VIDEO_CARDS="chips" |
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> UCLIBC_CPU="586MMX" |
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> */ |
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> # Set profile to use 2.6 kernel. |
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> # The current stage uses 2.4 by default, and for most cases you are going |
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> # to want a 2.6.x kernel. |
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> cd /etc/ |
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> unlink make.profile |
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> ln -s ../usr/portage/profiles/uclibc/x86 make.profile |
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> # Start the bootstrap script. |
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> cd /usr/portage/scripts |
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> ./bootstrap.sh -p -v |
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> ./bootstrap.sh |
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> # Workaround - bootstraping |
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> # Failure compiling uclibc (gcc-config error: Could not run/locate "gcc")? |
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> # If you get a failure while bootstrap is compileing uclibc here are the |
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> steps # to work around the problem. |
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> gcc-config 1 |
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> source /etc/profile |
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> ./bootstrap.sh |
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> # Emerge the system ebuild for the development_rootfs. |
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> emerge -e system |
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> # Workaround - emerge system |
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> # During emerge -e system, python-fchksum failes complaing about |
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> # gcc-config error: Could not run/locate "i386-gentoo-linux-uclibc-gcc" |
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> # The following commands work around this problem. |
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> emerge python |
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> emerge -e system |
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I didn't have to do any of these two workarounds. |
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> #----- Step 3 - Build the embedded_rootfs |
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> # Create the embedded_rootfs directory. |
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> mkdir /embedded_rootfs |
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> # Emerge baselayout-lite into embedded_rootfs. |
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> # This gives your system a basic file structure. |
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> # 1.0_pre1 is the only one that is stable, right? |
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> cd /usr/portage/sys-apps/baselayout-lite/ |
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> ROOT=/embedded_rootfs emerge baselayout-lite-1.0_pre1.ebuild |
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> # Workaround - baselayout-lite |
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> # Baselayout-lite is still beta, so a few fixes are needed. |
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> # There needs to be a directory "log" in /var. |
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> # Inittab calls for /usr/bin/tail, but it needs to /usr/bin. |
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> mkdir /embedded_rootfs/var/log |
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> nano -w /embedded_rootfs/etc/inittab |
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> /* |
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> #tty3::respawn:/usr/bin/tail -f /var/log/messages |
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> tty3::respawn:/bin/tail -f /var/log/messages |
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> */ |
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> # Emerge uclibc into the embedded_rootfs. |
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> # Use the -K option because we don't get the extra files created by the |
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> # build/emerge process into our embedded rootfs which needs to be as |
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> # small as possible. |
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> ROOT=/embedded_rootfs emerge -K uclibc |
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> # Emerge busybox into the embedded_rootfs. |
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> # First you must emerge it into your development_rootfs. |
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> # This does not create the symlinks in our development embedded rootfs. |
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> emerge busybox |
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> ROOT=/embedded_rootfs emerge -K busybox |
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> # Create the symlinks for busybox in the embedded_rootfs. |
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> mkdir /embedded_rootfs/proc |
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> mount -o bind /proc/ /embedded_rootfs/proc/ |
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> chroot /embedded_rootfs /bin/busybox --install -s |
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> umount /embedded_rootfs/proc |
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> # Set time zone in your embedded_rootfs. |
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> # See http://leaf.sourceforge.net/doc/guide/buci-tz.html for details. |
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> # For central standard time in the US, use "CST6CDT". |
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> nano -w /embedded_rootfs/etc/TZ |
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> /* |
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> CST6CDT |
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> */ |
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> # Install a boot loader (usually grub or lilo). |
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> # Once you copy/deploy your embedded_rootfs to your target SBC you will |
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> # have to run grub on the command line to write to the master boot record |
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> # (MBR). |
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> # For some reason not all of /boot/grub is copied over to the |
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> # embedded_rootfs, so a extra manual copy step is needed. |
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> # The --nodeps gets rip of the run time need of ncurses. |
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> emerge --nodeps grub |
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> ROOT=/embedded_rootfs emerge -K --nodeps grub |
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> cp -R /boot/grub /embedded_rootfs/boot/ |
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> # Modify your boot configure file. |
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> # The example below is for a gurb, for a boot partition on /dev/hda1 and |
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> only # one partition on the target SBC system. |
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> nano -w /embedded_rootfs/boot/grub/grub.conf |
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> /* |
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> default 0 |
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> timeout 10 |
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> splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz |
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> title=Linux 2.6.x |
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> root (hd0,0) |
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> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.x root=/dev/hda1 vga=792 |
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> */ |
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> # Set root password for the embedded_rootfs |
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> chroot /embedded_rootfs |
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This gave me 'cannot run command `/bin/bash': No such file or directory'. |
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So I had to use 'chroot /embedded_rootfs /bin/sh'. |
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> passwd |
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> rm /embedded_rootfs/etc/passwd- |
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> exit |
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Correct order should be: |
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chroot /embedded_rootfs |
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passwd |
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exit |
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rm /embedded_rootfs/etc/passwd- |
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Or use 'rm /etc/passwd-'. |
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> # Modify fstab. |
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> # Below is mine, yours may vary. |
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> nano -w /embedded_rootfs/etc/fstab |
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> /* |
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> /dev/hda1 / reiserfs defaults 0 0 |
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> none /proc proc defaults 0 0 |
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> none /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 |
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> none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 |
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> */ |
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> # Clean up the embedded_rootfs. |
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> # Don't know why these files are there in the first place, so if anyone |
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> # can tell me why..... |
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> rm -R /embedded_rootfs/var/db/pkg/* |
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> rm -R /embedded_rootfs/var/lib/portage/ |
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> #---- Step 4 - Build and install non-system programs to the embedded_rootfs |
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> -- |
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> # Emerge other software you need for you embedded target. |
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> # This is very wildly depending on your needs. |
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> # Also your proprietary application will be done here. |
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> emerge foo* |
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> ROOT=/embedded_rootfs emerge -K foo* |
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> #---- Step 5 - Build and install a kernel to the embedded_rootfs |
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> ------------- |
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> # Install a kernel into embedded_rootfs. |
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> # First we will emerge it into our development_rootfs, then configure and |
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> # build it. |
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> emerge vanilla-sources |
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> cd /usr/src/ |
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> cd linux |
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> make menuconfig |
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Here I got 'scripts/kconfig/lkc.h:11:21: libintl.h: No such file or |
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directory'. Even after emerging libiconv and gettext it didn' work, any |
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hints? |
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An alternative would be compiling the kernel on the host system. |
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> # Configure your kernel for your TARGET SBC here. I HIGHLY suggest you |
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> # configure the kernel to compile everything into the kernel, and nothing |
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> # as a module. |
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> make |
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> ROOT=/embedded_rootfs make modules_install |
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> cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage |
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> /embedded_rootfs/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.x |
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> # A few notes on compiling your kernel. |
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> # If deploying to Compact Flash/DiskOnChip/SD use ext2, as the journaling |
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> # filing systems "write" to much for a flash device. |
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> # If deploying to a hard drive use a journaling filing system, such as |
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> # ext3 or reiserfs. |
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> #---- Step 6 - Deploy embedded_rootfs to target |
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> # Prepare a Gentoo (or any Linux distro) system on the target SBC using a |
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> # harddrive. This is known as the target development rootfs. |
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> # We will create a partition (/embedded_rootfs) that will server as our |
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> # "test" partition to deploy our embedded_rootfs that we generate on our |
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> # development_system. |
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> # |
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> # I use the following partitions to speed development (yours may vary): |
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> # /dev/hda1 - /embedded_rootfs - 1 GB |
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> # /dev/hda2 - /boot - 100 MB |
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> # /dev/hda3 - swap - (size varies, 512 MB is a good number) |
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> # /dev/hda4 - / - (what is left, at least 1.5 GB per 2005.0 install guide |
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> specs) |
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> # |
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> # Copy over your embedded_rootfs from you development system to your target |
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> # system and the directory /embedded_rootfs. This needs to be done via NFS |
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> as # need to preserve the permissions. |
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> # |
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> #The following commands are done from the |
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> # target development rootfs. |
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> mount -t reiserfs /dev/hda1 /mnt/embedded_rootfs |
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> mount -t nfs\ |
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> 192.168.0.10:/opt/i586-gentoo-uclibc-linux/embedded_rootfs\ |
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> /mnt/nfs_embedded_rootfs |
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> cp -adpR /mnt/nfs_embedded_rootfs/* /mnt/embedded_rootfs |
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> # Modify your target system's gurb.conf (or lilo.conf) for allow you to |
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Typo, should read grub.conf. |
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> boot # to the embedded_rootfs partition. |
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> # |
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> # Reboot, and if all goes well you'll be greeted with a login prompt. |
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> # |
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> # Fin. |
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> -- |
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> heath holcomb |
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> liquidcable at bulah.com |
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> www.bulah.com |
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Yeah, thanks for the nice How-To! I'm looking forward to embed X into the |
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system (after playing around some more time with it). |
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Regards, |
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Marius |
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