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---++ The hard way (requires serial connection to EDMini and linux machine)
%X% Do not blindly copy the commands. If you don't understand them and just want Debian on ED Mini, go to The easy way section.%X%
---+++ Conventions
   * *$* stands for linux shell
   * *>* means u-boot shell
   * *your_pc_ip* is your PC IP address :-)
   * *lacie_ip* is EDMini IP address

---+++ The procedure

   1 Prepare root (Debian based distribution not required, just install debootstrap. I did it from archlinux)<verbatim>
     $ debootstrap --arch armel --foreign lenny rootfs 
     $ (cd rootfs; tar -cvzf ../rootfs.tgz *)</verbatim>make rootfs.tgz available over http
   2 Connect serial terminal and boot into /bin/sh<verbatim>
     > setenv bootargs console=ttyS0,115200 root=/dev/sda6 ro init=/bin/sh; boot</verbatim>
   3 Use fdisk to remove sda2 and create two partitions sda2 (freespace-512MB) and sda3 (512MB) 
   4 Make filesystem on sda3 and mount it <verbatim>
     $ mount -t proc p /proc
     $ mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda3; mkfs.xfs /dev/sda2 (I've also formatted sda2)
     $ mount /dev/sda3 /mnt</verbatim>
   5 Setup IP connection over ethernet to your PC and download rootfs<verbatim>
     $ ifconfig eth0 lacie_ip
     $ (cd /mnt; wget http://your_pc_ip/rootfs.tgz; tar -xvzf rootfs.tgz)</verbatim>
   6 Umount fs<verbatim>
     $ umount /mnt and reboot</verbatim>
   7 Boot into newly installed system<verbatim>
     > setenv bootargs console=ttyS0,115200 root=/dev/sda3 rw noinitrd init=/bin/sh; boot</verbatim>
   8 Complete the installation<verbatim>
     $ export PATH; /debootstrap/debootstrap --second-stage</verbatim>
   9 Edit /etc/inittab (change the speed of serial console to 115200, remove vga consoles).
   10 Edit /etc/fstab (add /, swap etc...)
   11 Set the root password
   12 reboot<verbatim>
     $ mount -o umount,ro /; reboot -f</verbatim>

Then use this to boot into debian:
<verbatim>> setenv bootargs console=ttyS0,115200 root=/dev/sda3 ro noinitrd; boot</verbatim>



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-- Main.PetrMalat - 29 Sep 2009
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