THIS IS WORK IN PROGRESS, PLEASE ADD COMMENTS

Bootstrapping is installing debian from a chroot, its very simmilar to the original install docs.

There is a "nslu2/sarge debootstrap HOWTO" that has worked for me twice. This wiki page contains updates to that document, so please read both.

It is a copy of the Official Debian install doc, part C.4. Installing Debian GNU/Linux from a Unix/Linux System Feel free to add notes and comments to this text here.

Tools needed

The tool that the Debian installer uses, which is recognized as the official way to install a Debian base system, is debootstrap. Its official dependencies is libc6, wget, binutils. In reality, it uses also ar, wget, grep, sed, zcat (gzip), tar, and finally a shell is needed. Note that it also depends on glibc (i.e. you can't run it on UcSlugC). All this is provided on the openslug firmware.

Recovery files

Edit /etc/init.d/checkroot.sh to remove /.recovery

rm -f /.recovery

Ethernet modules

Kernel does NOT include the IXP modules, as they are not DFSG-compliant! You will need to copy these from the openslug rootfs have a look at HowTo/InstallModules

C.4.6. Set up the Boot Loader

The OpenSlug kernel (starting at 3.0) is compatible with the Debian kernel, and OpenSlug serves as the bootloader. For 2.7 you need this part.

Thanks to the core dev team for taking time off to answer my silly questions!!! -- drone