Can you upload your debian rootfs somewhere? I've had a go at making it with debootstrap, but didn't quite get it done yet...
debootstrap --arch=armel --foreign lenny /mnt/
mkdir /var/chroot mount /dev/mmcblk1p2 /var/chroot/ chroot /var/chroot/ # now you are in the chroot, but you have to complete debootstrap /debootstrap/debootstrap --second-stage exit # out of chroot cp -a /etc/resolv.conf /var/chroot/etc/ cp -a /etc/hostname /var/chroot/etc/ cp -a /etc/hosts /var/chroot/etc/