Thanks for all this! I still need to sort through patches (and someone reported a bug with 0.1 which is apparently leaving the dcon frozen..)
On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:48:41 +1000 James Cameron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've added some features to debxo aka xodist; > > 1. caching of the kernel package, so that it does not need to be > downloaded every time a build is done, > > 2. a KDE build, which yields a 520Mb JFFS2 image containing a > complete KDE environment, > > 3. an LXDE build, which yields a 189Mb JFFS2 image, > > 4. support for local package caching proxy using approx, or one of > the other apt proxy mechanisms. > > For example, to get Debian KDE onto an XO, here's how to do it: > > % git clone http://dev.laptop.org/~quozl/xodist.git > % sudo ./initchroot.sh --package-list kde.packages kde.root > % sudo ./mkjffs2.sh kde.root kde.img > % sudo mv kde.img.crc kde.crc > > Copy the kde.img and kde.crc files to a thumb drive, boot an XO into > OFW, then type: > > copy-nand u:\kde.img > > (This erases everything on the XO, you know.) > > -- > > To use approx to cache packages, > > a. install the approx package, > > % sudo aptitude install approx > > b. add the following lines to /etc/approx/approx.conf, and restart, > > debian http://http.us.debian.org/debian > security http://security.debian.org/ > > c. follow the same steps but add the --mirror option to the > initchroot.sh script, like this, > > sudo ./initchroot.sh \ > --package-list kde.packages \ > --mirror http://localhost:9999/debian kde.root > > As a result of this, the hundreds of megabytes of packages will be > kept locally for re-use. > _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
