Re: How do you install/refresh a cross-compiled distribution into a device ?

["Dr. Nicola Mingotti" <nmingotti%gmail.com@localhost>]

If anybody has the same problem: I solved compiling then copying the sets.

See relevant discussion in the "netbsd-users%netbsd.org@localhost" mailing list, 
same day as this message.

bye
Nicola

On Wed-09-Oct-2024 15:21, Dr. Nicola Mingotti wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to cross-compile CURRENT and installing it on a BeagleBone 
> Black / RPI.
>
> The cross compilation part is ok.
>
> Now I have a problem, how to move efficiently all the distribution files
> the the BBB ? The kernel is not a problem.
>
> I have tried "./build.sh xxx install=/" on a machine that is big enough
> to compile its system quickly-enough, and it worked well. I thought
> it would have been a nice idea to try to adapt that procedure,
> admittedly, without understanding well what is going on under the hood.
>
> So I tried so to export the BBB "/" via sshfs to the compiling
> amd64 machine and do the same thing but I failed.
>
> Can you please tell me how do you usually do it ?
>
> I this moment am trying to "./build.sh xxxx distsets", which I think
> will give me a list of *.tgz files, then my plan is to expand them on the
> device and overwrite what is there already.
>
> please let me know
>
> bye
> Nicola