@Bakaniko Yes, it is somewhat like pacstrap
as both are used to bootstrap a base system. debootstrap
can also be used to create a rootfs for a machine of a different architecture (armhf for the Raspberry Pi in this case). I have seen pacman
being used to do the same on Arch (and Arch based) systems by installing the base to a different directory using the -r
argument. I guess pacstrap
can also be used to achieve the same(?).
In fact, your post which had a link containing information on building a minimal image of Ubuntu for the Odroid C1 was what gave me the idea to modify it to create an Ubuntu MATE 15.04 image for the Raspberry Pi 2
@Wimpy Will definitely post the image and a how-to once I manage to get it running. I have some digging around to do because the tutorial for Odroid C1 has the relevant boot firmware provided by Hardkernel, which needs to be substituted with a Raspberry Pi compatible one to make it boot. Also, I didn’t like the idea of using root
as the default user, which is something I plan to change…