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Debian / Debian On C3xxx (merged Topics)

« on: June 20, 2008, 06:44:40 pm »

Actually installing Debian can be as easy as installing Cacko, pdaXrom (non-uboot versions) and Angstrom.

There is an alternative way to install the base system without using network connection  (up to step 5).  

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#5 Installation will complete itself and reboot the machine. Debian is ready to go! (default root login: root; root password: kuroadmin)

(From now on you will need network connection to update and upgrade the system)
#6 Set up your network profile in /etc/network/interfaces and /etc/resolv.conf, blacklist hostap if you are using Ambicom WL1100C (for details see this post: https://www.oesf.org/forum/index.php?act=fi...&pid=168621 ).
You can then do the postinstallation steps as descibed in "After installation" in the titchy linux wiki: http://wiki.neilandtheresa.co.uk/Titchy_Linux/Installing

Dear Mr. ZDevil,

    I am not a Linux expert.  I do not have broadband.  I have - an occasionally crackly - 36 Kbytes/sec Internet phone connection in the middle of the North York Moors (England).  Last month I bought (on Ebay) a 2nd-hand Zaurus SL-C3200 with the original Sharp distro, modified for English by FigLabs.  The Zaurus is a replacement for my ageing 12-year-old Psion Revo.  After years with the trusty monochrome Revo, the quality of the Sharp OS distribution was a little... disappointing.  So instead, I want to flash some version of Debian Linux onto my Zaurus.  Titchy Linux seemed the most easily understandable and straightforward instructions, but alas, they require a network connection to finish the installation.

    What must I do to install a Debian GNU/Linux system all from files preloaded on a flash card?  

    Would you kindly spell out the necessary steps and requirements, please?

With kind regards,

Alexander Anderson