Instructions for creating bootable CF card from debian-buster-net5501.dump.xz

Assumptions:

*  /dev/sdb is the CF card reader on your host PC
*  /media/misc is an unused mount point

h2. partitioning

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fdisk /dev/sdb
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* delete any existing partitions
* create primary partition 1 with at least 1.5GB, type 83
* mark as bootable

h2. installing master boot record

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install-mbr /dev/sdb
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h2. creating ext4 rootfs

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mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb1
e2label /dev/sdb1 rootfs
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h2. mounting filesystem + restoring dump

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mount /dev/sdb1 /media/misc
cd /media/misc
xz -d -c /tmp/debian-buster-net5501.dump.xz | restore rf -
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h2. installing grub

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mount --bind /dev /media/misc/dev
mount --bind /proc /media/misc/proc
chroot /media/misc
  grub-install /dev/sdb
  exit # leave chroot
umount /media/misc/dev
umount /media/misc/proc
umount /media/misc
sync
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