[Arm-netbook] Scripts to build hardware packs and generate a bootable SD card

[cnxsoft]

On 17/06/2012 18:04, Nicolas Aguirre wrote:
> 2012/6/16 cnxsoft<cnxsoft at cnx-software.com>:
>> I wrote two scripts.
>>
>> The first one (a10-hwpack-bld.sh) will get u-boot and the kernel source
>> code in github and build them and packs them with other files
>> (script.bin, libraries...) into an "hardware pack". I also plan to use
>> that script for nightly builds.
>> The second (a1x-media-create.sh) will take those hardware packs and a
>> compressed rootfs to generate a bootable SD card.
>>
>> There are available in https://github.com/cnxsoft/a10-tools
>>
>> So you can create a bootable SD card with the latest OS in three steps.
>>
>> This is still work in progress. I've written more details on the Wiki:
>> http://rhombus-tech.net/allwinner_a10/hacking_the_mele_a1000/Building_hardware_packs___40__script.bin__44___u-boot_and_kernel__41___and_using_them_to_generate_a_bootable_SD_card_for_A10_devices/
>>
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> Hi,
> Thanks for your scripts, with them i was able to boot linux on my mele
> a1000 easily !
>
> Attached, you will find a patch to add support of angstrom rootfs in
> a1x-media-create.sh.
>
> regards,
Thanks Nicolas. Good to know it also works with Angstrom. I haven't 
applied the patch because Angstrom is just a "standard rootfs". By that 
I mean that the rootfs is in the main directory after extraction, 
contrary to Linaro rootfs which are located in some funny paths.