devdoc:devdoc_create_image [AstLinux Documentation]

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====== Create a Flash Image ======


After running ''./scripts/build'', do:

  ./scripts/astlinux-makeimage -z 256 256 0

This creates an astlinux-xxx.img.gz file with a single FAT16 partition of 256MB.

Burn this image to a CF or USB flash drive:

  zcat astlinux-xxx.img.gz | dd of=/dev/sdc bs=64k

(if ''/dev/sdc'' is where my system detects the CF... Be very careful to get ''of='' correct...)

If you hadn't used the -z flag, then it would just be:

  dd if=astlinux-xxx.img of=/dev/sdc bs=64k

to burn this image onto a CF.

Wait until the 'busy' light on your CF reader stops blinking.  Just to be sure, do:

  sync

At this point, you may remove your CF and install it into your target system, power up... boot,\\ and follow **[[userdoc:new-install|New Installation]]** to complete the process.

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!!Note:!! The above ''./scripts/astlinux-makeimage'' part does NOT work in a virtual machine, which runs as an LXC container (e.g. in Proxmox). You'll need a "real" VM (with full Hardware-Virtualization) for this to work.