Hooks and configuration to build a Halium initramfs
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
- Clone this repository into your home folder
- Install the prerequisites:
sudo apt install debootstrap qemu-user-static binfmt-support dpkg-dev
cd
into the repository- Run
sudo ./build-initrd.sh -a [ARCH]
The initrd will be saved as ./out/initrd.img-touch-$ARCH
by default.
-a|--arch / ARCH=
The architecture to build an initrd for. Can be any architecture supported by Debian. Default armhf
.
-m|--mirror / MIRROR=
Mirror to pass to debootstrap. Default http://deb.debian.org/debian
.
RELEASE=
Debian release to use for building this initrd. Default stable
.
ROOT=
Location to place build chroot. Default ./build/$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
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.