How To Install Debian On Your Zaurus (obsolete)

[2or0]

I wonder why we have to install xserver-xorg-video-fbdev first is because we need to pull down the dependencies and not xorg itself. The repackaged kdrive xfbdev server also needs these dependencies but it doesn't not chase them. Or am i mistaken here?

Also, 2or0, in your guide you mention to apt-get -f install. Is it the workaround of the glibc dependency error when installing libconsole_0.2.3dbs-65_armel.deb, console-tools_0.2.3dbs-65_armel.deb, libiw29_29-1_armel.deb, wireless-tools_29-1_armel.deb (these are four initial packages to install in order to get other things going)?

First two packages are for keymap, and rest are for wireless. If you have errors, it is probably due to libiw29_29-1_armel.deb and wireless-tools_29-1_armel.deb. When I set it up, I used libiw28_28 and wireless-tools_28. I fixed this in my blog.

I thought from the installation of xserver-xorg-video-fbdev and similar things that this would be the server we'd use.  That explains, I guess, what is going on.

But, when you say "I fixed this in my blog", do we now use the 28 version, or the 29?

Yes, we don't need xorg-related stuff so that I removed them: apt-get remove xorg*, Everything is fine upto now. And I used version 28. Thanks,

[ZDevil]

A new one-stop after installation tarball with automated scripts are almost done. This is primarily an integration of 2or0's stuff.
This will simplify the after installation process and save time a lot.
Will be up in a couple of hours.
Thanks to 2or0 for the great work.

[ZDevil]

The new mega after installation tarball (including all the necessary packages and scripts) is here:

[EDIT]
I have removed the 1.0a tarball here and uploaded a revised 1.0b to Post #13 (Q12) in this thread.

It integrates all of 2or0's packages and scripts together with my old zaurus-hardware-eabi tarball (on page 3) into one big whole, with two after installation scripts that simplify the finetuning processes.

Have fun!  

[jpmatrix]

Q12: I've already got the right kernel. Where can I get the Debian EABI system?

A12: You will extract the rootfs tarball and install it locally. Get the rootfs tarball here: http://armel.applieddata.net/developers/li...root-fs.tar.bz2

should not we use this rootfs instead ?

http://www.applieddata.net/developers/linu...mel-2007-08-27/

it seems more recent than the january one

[ZDevil]

Q12: I've already got the right kernel. Where can I get the Debian EABI system?

A12: You will extract the rootfs tarball and install it locally. Get the rootfs tarball here: http://armel.applieddata.net/developers/li...root-fs.tar.bz2

should not we use this rootfs instead ?

http://www.applieddata.net/developers/linu...mel-2007-08-27/

it seems more recent than the january one

Oh, i was not aware that there is a newer rootfs tarball. But I suppose it's just the same after apt-get dist-upgrade.
Anyway I will post the questions to the wiki tonight. So feel free to change that.

[jpmatrix]

Oh, i was not aware that there is a newer rootfs tarball. But I suppose it's just the same after apt-get dist-upgrade.

i think like you  i'll try it and report here

[ZDevil]

Thanks. My question is I am not sure to what extent it is different from the January rootfs regarding after installation matters.

[dlj0]

In the instructions to go on up to eabi/yonggun, it says to format the internal harddrive with two partitions, one for stuff and one for swap.  I am old, and don't like to change my ways.  I have always made several partitions, to protect my personal data from a screw-up in the distribution, and to protect both from problems with files that are constantly overwritten, like log files.  

So, will I be asking for trouble if I set up separate /home and /var parititions?  I will play by the rules if need be, but would rather reserve space for these.

[ZDevil]

In the instructions to go on up to eabi/yonggun, it says to format the internal harddrive with two partitions, one for stuff and one for swap.  I am old, and don't like to change my ways.  I have always made several partitions, to protect my personal data from a screw-up in the distribution, and to protect both from problems with files that are constantly overwritten, like log files.  

So, will I be asking for trouble if I set up separate /home and /var parititions?  I will play by the rules if need be, but would rather reserve space for these.

Not at all, it is perfectly ok to have several partitions. Just make sure that /etc/fstab has the correct entries and the mounting lines are in an appropriate order. For example, /dev/hda1 (mounting to /) should always go first, followed by others.

[tux]

 Just wondered about this step.

CODE
cd afterinstall
./1st-cfg.sh

To use / doesn't the keymap have to have been set?   I presume you could just do afterinstall/1st-cfg.sh, where the / came from using the tab key autocompletion bit?

Does this not apply to the instructions about the 2nd-cfg.sh script?  

  I'm having a play at using the angstrom 2.6.23 kernel and modules. I got the console login and set up the wireless and the console tools. Couldn't get the key map sorted out and the sources.list had to be fiddled with cut and paste. I did something wrong and the repos wouldn't update. I was following jpmatrix's thread and the 20r0 website.

So I'm now trying to follow the post 17 instructions. hence my query above. I take it you are using jpmatrix's wiki for discussion also?  

Cheers

[ZDevil]

I found a small issue in the zaurus-debian-eabi-afterinstall_1.0.tar.gz:
In the 1st-cfg.sh, there is a step cd to /sbin, which should be avoided because at the end of the first part the user will end up there.
Will replace the upload with a 1.0a version shortly.

[ZDevil]

Just wondered about this step.

CODE
cd afterinstall
./1st-cfg.sh

To use / doesn't the keymap have to have been set?   I presume you could just do afterinstall/1st-cfg.sh, where the / came from using the tab key autocompletion bit?

Does this not apply to the instructions about the 2nd-cfg.sh script?  

  I'm having a play at using the angstrom 2.6.23 kernel and modules. I got the console login and set up the wireless and the console tools. Couldn't get the key map sorted out and the sources.list had to be fiddled with cut and paste. I did something wrong and the repos wouldn't update. I was following jpmatrix's thread and the 20r0 website.

So I'm now trying to follow the post 17 instructions. hence my query above. I take it you are using jpmatrix's wiki for discussion also?  

Cheers

Thanks!  
Just give the absolute path will do (by using [Tab] to get to the subdir).
Will modify the instructions accordingly.
By the time you start 2nd-cfg.sh, the keymap will have been loaded and added to a boot script (done by 1st-cfg.sh).

[tux]

 Hi ZDevil, I've just put something on the new page you started over on the OESF Wiki. Feel free to remove it. I put a reason for my edit at the talk/discussion page for the new page. I also put a welbcome note in the ZDevil Talk page.  

I'm waiting for the rootfs to copy over on BigZ at the moment. Last night was another 3 am finish for me!  

Not tonight though!

[ZDevil]

That's good.
I will just add the stuff here following yours.
Do let me know how the after installation stuff go. Let me hold out for the wiki until I am sure it works.
And the zaurus-debian-eabi-afterinstall tarball is supposed to save you a lot of time and effort fiddling with the configurations....

[tux]

That's good.
I will just add the stuff here following yours.
Do let me know how the after installation stuff go. Let me hold out for the wiki until I am sure it works.
And the zaurus-debian-eabi-afterinstall tarball is supposed to save you a lot of time and effort fiddling with the configurations....

  You know you give instructions for getting to the OK menu in your posts? We are in the B+D console. Just do reboot and hold the OK button down when it says it is rebooting. You land in the right place from there.   If you mistime it you just follow your instructions.

I forgot to do jpmatrix's tip of populating the consoles. I'm stuck at 'unable to open an initial console'.  So I'm going to have to go back in to B+D anyway...