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| author | Samuel Martin <s.martin49@gmail.com> | 2012-11-11 03:15:01 +0000 |
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| committer | Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk> | 2012-11-15 23:59:55 +0100 |
| commit | b6584017b4621bad2de7f7d441bd3ea78e70e67d (patch) | |
| tree | 72cc7a13593420c0a9804f733981c809f4ba51b0 /docs | |
| parent | 8cbd58f013502652e29f7b5ba342cdfd543b485d (diff) | |
| download | buildroot-novena-b6584017b4621bad2de7f7d441bd3ea78e70e67d.tar.gz buildroot-novena-b6584017b4621bad2de7f7d441bd3ea78e70e67d.zip | |
manual: add beyond-buildroot.txt
Signed-off-by: Samuel Martin <s.martin49@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/manual/beyond-buildroot.txt | 38 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/manual/manual.txt | 2 |
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diff --git a/docs/manual/beyond-buildroot.txt b/docs/manual/beyond-buildroot.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..12ce78cc2 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/manual/beyond-buildroot.txt @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +// -*- mode:doc; -*- + +Beyond Buildroot +================ + +Boot the generated images +------------------------- + +NFS boot +~~~~~~~~ + +To achieve NFS-boot, enable _tar root filesystem_ in the _Filesystem +images_ menu. + +After complete build, just run the following commands to setup the +NFS-root directory: + +------------------- +sudo tar -xavf /path/to/output_dir/rootfs.tar -C /path/to/nfs_root_dir +------------------- + +Then, you can execute a NFS-boot from your target. + +Chroot +------ + +If you want to chroot in a generated image, then there are few thing +you should be aware of: + +* you should setup the new root from the _tar root filesystem_ image; + +* either the selected target architecture is compatible with your host + machine, or you should use some +qemu-*+ binary and correctly set it + within the +binfmt+ properties to be able to run the binaries built + for the target on your host machine; + +* Buildroot does not currently provide +host-qemu+ and +binfmt+ + correctly built and set for that kind of use. diff --git a/docs/manual/manual.txt b/docs/manual/manual.txt index a1ee68ad3..c34e0ca46 100644 --- a/docs/manual/manual.txt +++ b/docs/manual/manual.txt @@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ include::developer-guide.txt[] include::legal-notice.txt[] +include::beyond-buildroot.txt[] + include::get-involved.txt[] include::contribute.txt[] |