debian

This is a Debian-based Linux system to run on compact flashes. Following are some of its features:

Stable (Sarge) Debian distribution.
Standard installation of about 150M in size.
kernel 2.6.8.
Writable fielsystems. It is designed to minimize writable accesses to the CF. However, it is recommended to use external storages, as flash memory is limited and not very reliable.
Expandable to add more standard Debian packages through dpkg mechanism.
Reliable EXT3 journalling filesystem.
Designed for the OpenBrick-E, which is booted from the secondary IDE master drive (/dev/hdc). There are other images to allow booting from the "classic" OpenBrick, or systems that boot from the primary IDE master drive (/dev/hda).

To install the Debian filesystem on a compactflash system, you will need the following:

Download the correct image for your compact flash.
Using USB compactflash reader/writer to write the image to the compact flash. For example, use the following command to write the image to a 256MB compact flash for the OpenBrick-E, or systems booting from the secondary IDE master drive, (/dev/hdc).
gunzip -c debian-sarge-256-hdc.img.gz | dd of=/dev/sda bs=16k
After the initial installation, it is recommended to run the "base-config" command if a standard Debian configuration is desired.
Further customization is possible by running "aptitude" to install Debian packages.

For OpenBrick-E or systems booting from the secondary IDE master drive, (/dev/hdc).

For "classic" OpenBrick or systems booting from the primary IDE master drive, (/dev/hda).

Notes:

The "root" password is blank. Please secure your installation immediately.
There is no warranty. The software is meant for experts. It could destroy your hard drive.
Please contact Hacom if you wish to utilize our technical services to customize this distribution for commercial embedded implementations.
Please check the archive site at http://support.hacom.net/pub/debian/ for other Debian images.

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