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Author: Gregory Nowak
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] Running Devuan on a BeagleBone Black?
On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 01:50:33PM +0200, Antoine wrote:
> Better yet, can anyone recommend a howto or something similar? I would be
> interested in learning exactly what is needed to boot and run an OS on an
> ARM SBC (u-boot? .dtb files? other things I don't know?).


If you're adventurous, and are willing to learn, have a look at
debootstrap(8). Once you prepare your sd card with everything needed
to boot the system, you can use debootstrap's --arch and --foreign
flags to do the initial stage on a x86 or x86_64 system, and then use
the --second-stage option to finish the install on your device. This
has a steep learning curve, but is rewarding once it's mastered, and
provides full control over exactly how the system is installed.

Greg


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