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DebiaN900

A set of scripts to facilitate the installation of Debian GNU/Linux on the N900.

FILES

build_kernel.sh - Checks out the kernel source from Git and builds it.

kernel.conf - The configuration file for build_kernel.sh.

install_debian.sh - Bootstraps a Debian system and runs post-install configuration, pulling in a built kernel and modules. Creates the file configure_u-boot.sh to be run under Maemo.

debian.conf - The configuration file for install_debian.sh.

configure_u-boot.sh - Configures U-Boot on the N900. This script is generated by install_debian.sh.

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

An N900 with pali's U-Boot installed.

A Linux PC with the following:

• A POSIX compatible shell
• GCC cross compiler for ARM Cortex-A processors
• QEMU with support for ARM emulation
• qemu-debootstrap
• Internet access

GENERAL USAGE

• If necessary, configure CROSS_COMPILE in kernel.conf with the prefix of your cross compiler executable.

• Run build_kernel.sh on a PC to checkout and build a kernel.

• Create an ext4 slice on an SD card and mount it to /mnt or configure the mount point in debian.conf.

As a safety measure, the Debian install script will only install to a clean file system (it should contain nothing but the lost+found directory). If the script fails or is interrupted, anything that has been installed will need to be removed before the script can be run again.

• Run install_debian.sh on your PC to install to the SD card.

• Unmount SD card.

• Copy configure_u-boot.sh to your N900 and execute it to complete the installation.

LICENCE

Distributable under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.

REFERENCES

http://wiki.debian.org/pkg-n900 http://wiki.debian.org/MaemoAndSqueeze http://wiki.debian.org/n900-wheezy-armhf http://elektranox.org/n900/index.html http://elinux.org/N900

THANKS

Many thanks to all of those who have worked on the pkg-n900 project and a special thanks to sre, pali, freemangordon and everyone else who has worked on upstreaming N900 Linux kernel patches.