HOWTO Setup GumStix Buildroot on an existing (X)Ubuntu System

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The Easy Route

If you want to get things going as fast as possible, the best way to do this is to use the build_myphone.sh script from the downloads section of the web site. You can always find the latest version of the build_myphone.sh script for (X)Ubuntu systems at:

http://hbmobile.org/downloads/XU_CURRENT/build_myphone.sh

Note that the current version of (X)Ubuntu we support is 7.10, and the script in the XU_CURRENT directory has been tested with this Linux distro. Users of other Linux distros may have some success with it, but your mileage may definitely vary.

Check your /etc/apt/sources.list before running the script

As a test, I installed Xubuntu 7.10 on a very old laptop that did not have a built in WiFi chipset (remember the days before WiFi?) I'm happy to say the install went well, but it took me a few minutes to realize... if you install on a machine that does not have a working network adapter when you do the install, it will disable

Now Run the script

The Less Easy Route

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