jamikettunen / initramfs-tools-halium

Initramfs hook for Halium

initramfs-tools-halium

Hooks and configuration to build a Halium initramfs

Build an initramfs image

Building your own initramfs image wtih the tools in this repository is simple.

Requirements:

• Any OS with debootstrap
• sudo rights on the machine, to create the chroot

1. Clone this repository into your home folder
2. Install the prerequisites: sudo apt install debootstrap qemu-user-static binfmt-support dpkg-dev
3. cd into the repository
4. Run sudo ./build-initrd.sh -a [ARCH]

The initrd will be saved as ./out/initrd.img-touch-$ARCH by default.

Command-line / Environment options

-a|--arch / ARCH= The architecture to build an initrd for. Can be any architecture supported by Debian. Default armhf.

-m|--mirror / MIRROR= Mirror to pass to debootstrap. Default http://deb.debian.org/debian.

RELEASE= Debian release to use for building this initrd. Default stable.

ROOT= Location to place build chroot. Default ./build/$ARCH.

OUT= Location to copy finished initrd to. Default ./out.

INCHROOTPACKAGES= Packages to install in the chroot. These are installed in addition to the minbase packages specified by debootstrap. Default initramfs-tools dctrl-tools e2fsprogs libc6-dev zlib1g-dev libssl-dev busybox-static

FAQ

I'm getting a strange error when I try to build

Try deleting your chroots (normally in the build/ directory) and building again.

I can't delete my chroots! They say that something is busy!

Just run umount build/*/* to unmount anything that's mounted. If that doesn't work, reboot your computer. The mounts should be gone after that. Then you can delete the chroots.