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How to get the Ubuntu distribution

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Finally, umount the SD card, insert the card in your board and power up.
== Ubuntu 10.04 10 (Lucid LynxMaverick Meerkat BETA) ==
WORK IN PROGRESS, please contribute.
This has been tested on Ubuntu 10First, download the compressed image from http://cdimage.04, other distributions may require some things to be done differentlyubuntu.com/ubuntu-netbook/ports/releases/
Start installing some required packages wget http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-netbook/ports/releases/maverick/beta/ubuntu-netbook-10.10-beta-preinstalled-netbook-armel+omap.img.gz
$ sudo apt-get install rootstock uboot-mkimageNext, uncompress the image with
Next, create a minimal rootfs with gunzip ubuntu-netbook-10.10-beta-preinstalled-netbook-armel+omap.img.gz
$ sudo rootstock --fqdn ubuntu --login jdoe --password letmein --imagesize Then write the raw image to a blank SD card (the card size should be >2G \ --seed wget,nano,linux-firmware,wireless-tools,usbutils --dist lucid \ --serial ttyS2 --components "main universe multiverse" \ --kernel-image http://www.rcn-ee.net/deb/lucid/v2.6.33.5-l3/linux-image-2.6.33.5-l3_1.0lucid_armel.deb)
The result will be these files: *armel-rootfs-<date>.tgz: Root file System, dump to ext2/3 partition of SD card*vmlinuz-2.6.<version>: Boot Image, use mkimage to create uImage and dump to the first fat16 partition of SD card*initrd.img-2.6. sudo dd if=<versionuncompressed image>: Boot initramfs, use mkimage to create uInitrd and dump to the first fat16 partition of SD card convert to u-boot compatible images  $ mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0x80008000 -e 0x80008000 -n "Linux" -d vmlinuz-2.6.33.4-l3 uImage $ mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C none -a 0 -e 0 -n initramfs -d initrd.img-2.6.33.4-l3 uInitrd create a boot script  fatload mmc 0:1 0x80000000 uImage fatload mmc 0:1 0x82000000 uInitrd setenv bootargs vram=12M omapfb.mode=dvi:1280x720MR-16@60 bootm 0x80000000 0x82000000  $ mkimage -A arm -O linux -T script -C none -a 0 -e 0 -n "Boot Script" -d boot.source boot.ini SD card boot partition $ cp uImage uInitrd /media/boot $ cp boot.ini /mediadev/boot SD card rootfs partitionmmcblk0 $ sudo tar xzpf armel-rootfs-<date>.tgz -C /media# change /rootfsdev/mmcblk0 with appropriate device
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