tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703060415027607989.post7131630874758316436..comments2024-03-01T19:30:12.010-06:00Comments on Ian's TechBlog: Installing Debian 6 onto an SD card, installing into an old VIA EPIA-5000L motherboardIanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13159046087533726064noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703060415027607989.post-58250286245756832092014-02-22T07:12:00.844-06:002014-02-22T07:12:00.844-06:00That's good to know, Thanks!That's good to know, Thanks!Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13159046087533726064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703060415027607989.post-60754468384570010672014-01-30T17:42:09.639-06:002014-01-30T17:42:09.639-06:00Successfully used your method to create a Debian W...Successfully used your method to create a Debian Wheezy instance on an external SDcard. A few suggestions though..<br /><br />All folders that were copied had the root:root ownership flags set. This may get you in to trouble if debian expects a different owner (e.g. /var/cache/man should be owned by man).<br /><br />Also the /tmp directory is not created properly with the plain cp command. When booted in the new os, reset the /tmp and /var/tmp permissions to 1777. <br /><br />Lastly, installing the grub package triggers an installation of grub to the mbr. This may not be what you want as you cant add additional arguments. I canceled the setup and apt threw an error. I then ran grub-install as per your tutorial and it went fine (on some disks though I had to add the -force argument when grub complained about blocklists). <br /><br />Initially booting off the new media stopped at the grub prompt. The method I used to boot into the os were:<br /><br />ls<br />set root=(hd0,msdos1)<br />linux /vmlinuz ro root=/dev/sda1<br />initrd /initrd.img<br />boot<br /><br />(use ls to see the available disk names)<br /><br />When it then gets you to the OS, log in, and issue update-grub and update-initramfs -u as per your tutorial.<br /><br />Other than that it works perfectly.<br /><br />Thanks for writing it all up!<br /><br />Cheers,<br />marcel<br />vk2fmdbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15400537631891125313noreply@blogger.com