RootfsFromScratch

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./build-arm-rootfs --fqdn beagleboard --login ogra --password temppwd --imagesize 2G --seed xubuntu-desktop sudo ./build-arm-rootfs --fqdn beagleboard --login ogra --password temppwd --imagesize 2G --seed xubuntu-desktop
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The options --fqdn (or -f), --login (or -l) and --password (-p) are required for the initial setup. Calling the script with --help shows you all the additional options that can be used to change the setup of the created rootfs.

 /!\ Recommendation: Don't pick a serious password if you plan to install this rootfs on other systems as well, rather pick something trivial and change your user password after the first login.

This page describe the process to build a root filesystem for an armel target device from scratch.

A script that automates this process was created by the ubuntu mobile team, it can be downloaded here

The following example will create a tarball of a xubuntu-desktop based image for your target device (i.e. a beagleboard): 

sudo ./build-arm-rootfs --fqdn beagleboard --login ogra --password temppwd --imagesize 2G --seed xubuntu-desktop

The options --fqdn (or -f), --login (or -l) and --password (-p) are required for the initial setup. Calling the script with --help shows you all the additional options that can be used to change the setup of the created rootfs.

  • Warning /!\ Recommendation: Don't pick a serious password if you plan to install this rootfs on other systems as well, rather pick something trivial and change your user password after the first login.

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