SliTaz Repositories

1 SliTaz ARM

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5 SliTaz ARM tools and files

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8 Sat howto

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10 Sat is a tool in the spirit of all SliTaz tools, all commands and options are

11 accessible via: sat usage or help. To create a distro you first need to have

12 some ARM packages. You can use custom cook or the one from the SliTaz mirror.

13 Put all your custom *.tazpkg in the packages/ directory and sat will install

14 them. To use the official packages you need to sync the mirror with:

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16 # sat mirror

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18 Generate the distro initramfs with your custom --options:

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20 # sat gen --flavor=base --kmap

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22 To boot the distro with Qemu you can run:

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24 # sat emu

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29 Sat lets you clone the ARM cooking mirror to let you debug and try official ARM

30 packages. Sat will create a mirror directory in the working path and download

31 all lists and packages. After a first clone it will only check the repo ID

32 file and download any modified or new packages.

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37 Please report bug on the Slitaz Bug Tracker: http://bugs.slitaz.org/

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40 History

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42 While I was porting SliTaz to ARM I ended up by creating a lot of initramfs'

43 to test the SliTaz boot, packages and so on. So I first wrote a small script,

44 then improved it by just having to put include packages in a single directory

45 and all custom files in a rootfs directory. I also wanted virtual disk support

46 so I can code under Qemu and save my work. This is how sat was born, one day

47 we may use TazLito or have a new SliTaz Live tool, but for the time being 'sat'

48 and the way it works fits all my needs to build custom distros and then boot

49 with qemu-system-arm.

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51 - Pankso 24 May 2012

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