Originally Posted by qole

Hi Empire and D'ohboy:

Here is a new step-by-step, using the new scripts that I've written since that old how-to. These steps replace #2 to #5.

1. Gain root.

Code:

sudo su -

2. Mount your image file on /floppy (put the name of your image file in the command, if it is different than the one I use):

Code:

qmount /media/mmc2/debian-squeeze.img.ext2 /floppy

3. Mount your empty partition on /opt (use the correct partition here):

Code:

qmount /dev/mmcblk1p2 /opt

4. Copy all the files from your image file to the partition:

Code:

tar cf - -C /floppy . | tar xvf - -C /opt

5. Unmount everything:

Code:

qumount /floppy
qumount /opt

You don't need to reboot anymore.
You still have to point your .chroot file to the new partition as in the howto above.

(EDIT: I'm just doing this procedure in reverse right now, for my new Easy Mer. I've set everything up in a partition, now I'm copying it all into an image file for distribution.)