debif v01: debian for the bifferboard

18 10 2009

Here is debif v01 a debian lenny rootfs and a kernel image compiled for the bifferboard. It is an early stage beta, please report problems and suggestions to bifferboard’s mailing list.

Instructions:

  1. Find kernel binary in /boot of the rootfs or inĀ  kenel package and upload it to the bifferboard.
  2. Format a USB drive in ext3 and untar the rootfs to the drive.
  3. Boot the bifferboard conected to your home network. It will get DHCP lease from your router.
  4. ssh root@ipofthebifferboard (password is ‘password’)

Then you have fully functional debian box. Included additional packages are mainly ntpdate and ssh (server and client), but you can install what ever you need from debian repositories using apt-get!