slitaz-arm annotate README @ rev 10

Update the README
author Christophe Lincoln <pankso@slitaz.org>
date Fri May 25 23:00:33 2012 +0200 (2012-05-25)
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pankso@0 1 SliTaz ARM
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pankso@0 5 SliTaz ARM tools, files and
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pankso@2 8 Sat howto
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pankso@10 10 Sat is a tool in the spirit of all SliTaz tools, all commands and options are
pankso@10 11 accessible via: sat usage or help. To create a distro you first need to have
pankso@10 12 some ARM packages. You can use custom cook the one from SliTaz mirror, put
pankso@10 13 them all in a packages/ directory and sat will install them. Then generate the
pankso@10 14 distro initramfs with your custom --options:
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pankso@10 16 # sat gen
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pankso@10 18 To boot the distro with Qemu you can run:
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pankso@10 20 # sat emu
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pankso@10 22 Sata le you clone the ARM cooking repo to let you debug and try official ARM
pankso@10 23 packages. Sat will creat a mirror directory in the working path, douwnlod all
pankso@10 24 list and packages. After a first clone it will only check the repo ID file
pankso@10 25 and download the modified or new packages.
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pankso@0 28 History
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pankso@0 30 While I was porting SliTaz to ARM I ended by creating a lot of initramfs to
pankso@2 31 test the SliTaz boot, packages and so on. So I first wrote a small script,
pankso@2 32 then improved it so just have to put include packages in a single directory
pankso@2 33 and all custom files in a rootfs directory. I also wanted virtual disk support
pankso@2 34 so I can code under Qemu and save my work. This is how sat is born, one day
pankso@2 35 we may use TazLito or have a new SliTaz Live tool, but at the time being 'sat'
pankso@2 36 and the way it work feet all my needs to buils custom distro and boot then
pankso@2 37 with qemu-system-arm.
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pankso@0 39 - Pankso 24 May 2012
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