This is an old revision of
NFSRoot from 2003-05-15 15:28:21.
This page describes how make a rootfs for the Javastation, using another Debian box.
Decide where to put it
<![CDATA[TARGET="/export/javastation"]]>
Make a directory
<![CDATA[mkdir -p $TARGET]]>
Install debootstrap
<![CDATA[apt-get install debootstrap]]>
Invoke the debian installer
<![CDATA[debootstrap --arch sparc woody $TARGET !http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian]]>
Note: debootstrap wants to run executables, so do this on a Sun4 box running linux. Work is in progress to install debian from a non-native Sun4 box.
Edit some configfiles:
<![CDATA[$TARGET/etc/hostname
$TARGET/etc/fstab
$TARGET/etc/network/interfaces
$TARGET/etc/passwd]]>