Hi everyone!

I finally got everything working (ie. from Qole's Debian image to using it from an EXT2 partition). I thought I might provide a "simple" step-by-step how to, it might help other people.

Of course, all credits go to Qole and BrentDC.

Here are the 8 steps I followed to get me "extract" and use Easy Debian from an ext2 partition, without any problem:



We are assuming you are using (as in: installed and working) Qole's Debian image (debian.img.ext2, that can be downloaded from here: http://qole.maemobox.org/easy-deb-ch....6-2_armel.deb ).


1 --------

First step: create a new partition/format your memory card.
(easiest way: mount your card on a linux box, use GParted to resize/create the new ext2 partition)

Put back the card in your device, boot it up.

2 --------

Backup first, then edit /sbin/debian (as root: "vi /sbin/debian" )
Remove these lines (not more, not less):

#Make the tablet's devices available to Debian
echo .
mount -o bind /dev "$CHROOT/dev"
mount -o bind /proc "$CHROOT/proc"

#Gentoo wiki says this will make X work
echo ..
mount -t devpts none "$CHROOT/dev/pts"
mount -o bind /tmp "$CHROOT/tmp"

#Various external devices
echo ...
#FIXME: Should get these from /proc/mounts...
mount -o bind /media/mmc1 "$CHROOT/media/mmc1"
mount -o bind /media/mmc2 "$CHROOT/media/mmc2"
mount -o bind /media/usb "$CHROOT/media/usb"

#Mount the user's home dir
echo ....
mount -o bind /home/user "$CHROOT/home/user"

3 --------

Mount the current Debian image:

You can do it by starting Qole's "Debian chroot" menu item.
Alternatively, you can do so with this command (as root):


Mount the new formated partition:

4 --------

Copy the whole content of /debian to your freshly formatted partition.
In the present case:

5 --------

Restart device

6 --------

Edit /home/user/.chroot (as root: "vi /home/user/.chroot" ). Note that "IMGFILE=/dev/mmcblk1p1" needs to be modified to meet your needs (ie. replace "mmcblk1p1" to the ext2 partition you created)

# Sample config for chroot

# Device or image containing Debian filesystem.
# Default: first in /media/mmc[12]/debian*.img*
IMGFILE=/dev/mmcblk1p1

# Filesystem used; must always be set when using a partition.
# Default: from extension of IMGFILE, or ext2.
IMGFS=ext2

# Mount point for Debian.
# Default: /debian
CHROOT=/debian

# New /tmp dir size for printing / PDF creation
# Default: 2M
TMPSIZE=2M

# Debian user to drop privileges
# Default: user
DEBUSER=user

7 --------

Copy back your backup of /sbin/debian (as root: "cp /path/to/backupfile /sbin/" )
(you can remove the debian.img.ext2, as it's no longer needed)

8 --------

Tap on the "Debian chroot" menu item. If everything went well, you should see it mount the Debian image from: /dev/mmcblk1p1 (or whatever partition you have chosen)