On Jan 1, 2015 11:08 PM, "Lennart Sorensen" <lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jan 01, 2015 at 07:30:23PM -0500, Thomas Milne wrote:
> > What am I looking at for compiling a kernel like that?
> >
> > For example, I assume I have to have something already installed on
> > the Cubox, no? And it would have to be something newer than the
> > original default Ubuntu I would guess.
>
> I installed the ubuntu image, then I used debootstrap to create a chroot
> with debian, then I transfered that to be the main filesystem on the
> SD card.  The only non debian part at that point is the kernel image
> and modules and the boot loader.
>
> debootstrap is a marvolous thing.
>

It sounds like it. Wow.

So can I boot into that Debian system and compile a new kernel from inside that? And do I need to know what options to choose at compile and modules to load for Cubox hardware or is that automatic?

Pardon my dumb questions. I was reading this, about installing Debian and compiling a new kernel:

http://www.solid-run.com/archive/mw/index.php/Debian_netboot_installer

I might be in over my head. Those instructions assume that I know how to do a lot of things that I do not.