Instructions based on: http://www.networkedmediatank.com/showthread.php?tid=16317
On an existing Debian or Ubuntu system:
apt-get install debootstrap
debootstrap --arch mipsel --foreign stable debian
tar -cvzf debian.tgz debian
mount --bind /proc/ debian/proc/
mount --bind /dev/ debian/dev/
Copy the TGZ to your device, log in with telnet on your NMT, and run:
tar -xvzf debian.tgz
cd debian
usr/sbin/chroot . /bin/bash
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
debootstrap/debootstrap --second-stage
# Verify the DNS settings, in case you used different network configurations on the computer and the Popcorn Hour:
cat /etc/resolv.conf
exit
Now you should have a Debian system running. Configure the package source:
usr/sbin/chroot . /bin/bash
echo "deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main " >> /etc/apt/sources.list
echo "deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main " >> /etc/apt/sources.list
Note: check out the following generator for sources.list : http://debgen.simplylinux.ch/generate.php
Update the package list and install the required packages:
apt-get update
# Standard stuff:
apt-get install vim less sysklogd sudo lsof nmap wget curl psmisc
# Development:
apt-get install gcc autoconf automake subversion git uuid-dev uuid-runtime make
Create a user (working as root constantly is dangerous):
adduser user
Install SSH:
apt-get install openssh-server openssh-client
/etc/init.d/ssh start
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