cfdebian.tar.gz is the filesystem for the OpenBrick-E that
will fit into a 32M CompactFlash.

License. GPL

Installation.

Since I am using a hard disk to do development on it, the 
compacftflash is mounted as /dev/hdc1 on /mnt/flash.

1. Make an ext2 filesystem on the compactflash.  I use the
following command,
mke2fs -m 0 /dev/hdc1

2. Mount the compactflash filesystem.  For example,
mount -t ext2 /dev/hdc1 /mnt/flash

3. Untar the tar ball onto the compactflash.  For example,
cd /mnt/flash
tar xzvf ~/cfdebian.tar.gz

4. Run lilo to install the boot loader.  Following is my
lilo.conf

lba32
disk=/dev/hdc
bios=0x80
boot=/dev/hdc1
install=/mnt/flash/boot/boot-menu.b
map=/mnt/flash/boot/map
delay=20
prompt
timeout=150
vga=normal
default=Linux
image=/mnt/flash/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.19-viac3.ipsec
  label=Linux
  read-only
  initrd=/mnt/flash/boot/initrd.img-2.4.19-viac3.ipsec
  append="devfs=mount"

I use the following command to install it,
lilo -v -b /dev/hdc1 -C ./lilo.conf

Just reboot and change to boot from /dev/hdc from the bios.
You should see a login prompt.  Login as root with no
password.

Configuration.

Network.

Network interface configuration for ipup and ipdown in a Debian
Linux system is in the file /etc/network/interfaces. Following
is an example of the content.

# /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8)

# The loopback interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The first network card - this entry was created during the Debian installation
# (network, broadcast and gateway are optional)
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
       address 192.168.2.167
       netmask 255.255.255.0
       network 192.168.2.0
       broadcast 192.168.2.255
       gateway 192.168.2.1


Debian Packages.

Following is the list of Debian packages included.

"Required" packages.
base-files
base-passwd
bash
bsdutils
coreutils
debconf
debianutils
diff
dpkg
dselect
e2fsprogs
fileutils
findutils
grep
gzip
hostname
libcap1
libc6
libdb1-compat
libdb2
libdb3
libgdbmg1
libncurses5
libnewt0
libpam-modules
libpam-runtime
libpam0g
libperl5.6
libpopt0
libreadline4
libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2
login
makedev
mawk
modutils
mount
ncurses-base
ncurses-bin
passwd
perl-base
procps
sed
slang1
sysvinit
tar
util-linux
whiptail

"Base" packages
adduser
apt
apt-utils
at
bsdmainutils
cpio
cron
dhcp-client
ed
exim
ifupdown
klogd
libident
libldap2
liblockfile1
libpcre3
libsasl7
libsigc++0
libwrap0
logrotate
mailx
net-tools
netbase
netkit-inetd
netkit-ping
nvi
ppp
pppconfig
pppoe
pppoeconf
libpcap0
sysklogd
tcpd
telnet

"Extra" packages
lilo
pciutils
setserial
syslinux
psmisc
libgmp3
devfsd
libssl0.9.6
perl
perl-modules
libsnmp-base
libsnmp4.2
iptables
gawk
iproute
shorewall
ntpdate
openssl
zebra
pptp-linux
pptpd
freeswan
zlib1g
ssh
libexpat1
mime-support
apache-common
apache
libdns5
libisc4
libisccc0
libisccfg0
liblwres1
bind9
libjpeg62
libpng3
libtiff3g
libcupsys2
samba-common
samba

Bao Ha
bao@debian.org
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Best Regards.
Bao C. Ha
Hacom OpenBrick Distributor USA http://www.hacom.net
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