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	qole	2009-02-02 , 18:55
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I would recommend deleting your 300mb tar file and trying the install again.

As for Easy Ubuntu... I'm slowly working away at making a new all-purpose chroot script. I've actually figured out some neat stuff, like determining the file system type of a partition using the "blkid" command. But I confess that it isn't high priority. The Easy Debian framework works fine for Ubuntu, if you know how to set up a partition or image file, and Ubuntu has some new cool apps, but nothing earth-shattering (hey prove me wrong, what super-important thing does Ubuntu have?)

I don't have the same urgency I did when building Easy Debian in the first place, and I have a family and stuff... Also, there's a new device coming out in a few months that might make much of this stuff completely redundant.

But if you're impatient for Ubuntu, grab b-man's Ubuntu rootfs and put it into an empty image file or a partition, then use Easy Debian to use it. My Debian threads are chock-full of advice on how to do this.

EDIT: Here it is. Isn't it cool? Can someone confirm that blkid runs on your tablet (ie it doesn't depend on some exotic package that I've got installed)?

Code:

~ $ export PARTITION="/dev/mmcblk0p2"
~ $ export PART`blkid | grep "$PARTITION" | awk '{ print $NF }'` ; echo $PARTTYPE
"ext2"

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Last edited by qole; 2009-02-02 at 19:13.