Hello, Just to have a complete procedure in case someone tries to follow it:
On Monday 23 November 2015 20:48:13 Vagrant Cascadian wrote: > On 2015-11-23, Pierre wrote: > > Objective: Install Debian Jessie on a USB hard drive for a Cubox-i 4Pro > > > > Steps: > > 1. On a linux host, create a bootable SD card with Debian installer image > > from > > http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie/main/installer-armhf/current/images/netboot/SD-card-images/ > > as explained in the README > > (http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie/main/installer-armhf/current/images/netboot/SD-card-images/README.concatenateable_images) > > > > zcat firmware.MX6_Cubox-i.img.gz partition.img.gz > complete_image.img > > cat complete_image.img > /dev/sdX (X was b on my computer) > > > > 2. Put the SD card into the Cubox-i slot and run Debian installer and > > install > > Jessie on the SD card. > > I'd skip installing to SD, and install / on the USB drive... (you might > want to keep /boot on the SD card, the boot scripts on jessie may > default to booting from MMC/SD only, though newer flash-kernel should > support booting directly from USB). > > And at the end of the install, get to the boot menu by hitting "Go > back", and then select "Execute a shell" from the boot menu, and chroot > into the installed system: > > # chroot /target /bin/bash > > Then do your Step 3: > > > 3. When completed, log in as root and check that it works correctly before > > creating a new initramfs. > > > > Add the 2 modules: > > ci_hdrc_imx > > phy_mxs_usb > > to /etc/initramfs-tools/modules and rebuild the initramfs: Before updating the initramfs, one must define the type of platform as flash-kernel can't access /proc/cpuinfo from the chroot: echo "SolidRun Cubox-i Dual/Quad" > /etc/flash-kernel/machine Also, I'm not sure it is essential but I didn't want to get a non-bootable configuration and I defined the kernel parameters to indicate where the root file system is: echo 'LINUX_KERNEL_CMDLINE="root=/dev/sda1 rootfstype=ext4 ro rootwait console=tty1 quiet"' > /etc/default/flash-kernel And last, totally optional now but can be usefull in the future, I edited /usr/share/flash-kernel/bootscript/bootscr.cubox-i and added the 2 lines bellow before loading the kernel: #Extra U-Boot environment: drop files in /etc/flash-kernel/ubootenv.d @@UBOOT_ENV_EXTRA@@ Then I updated the initramfs > > > > update-initramfs -u -t > > Exit the shell (ctrl-d or type "exit"), and select finish installation > From the menu... > > Should save you the trouble of steps 4-10. :) Yes, your shortcut was worth it. When done, it's better to delete the /etc/flash-kernel/machine file to let the future versions of flash-kernel get this information dynamically. Thanks -- Pierre
