Embedded Systems Developer Notes

I’ve recently added a set of tutorials on setting up Debian Squeeze virtual machines to run under VirtualBox. The articles walk you through getting VirtualBox, setting up a VM using command line scripting instead of the GUI, and doing the Debian install without ever touching the keyboard using preseeding.

Here is a set of links to the articles:

1. Headless Debian VirtualBox Setup
2. Debian Squeeze PXE Netboot For VirtualBox
3. Need An Ultralight WebServer? You Need Mongoose!
4. Preseeding a Debian Squeeze Netboot Install

It was a lot of work to get set up, but I’ve simplified all that you you only get to see how easy it is!

If you have wondered what happened to the Embedded Systems Development section of the site, I’m glad to say it’s back up after being down for several months. I have finally converted the site over to WordPress and I’m reasonably happy with the result.
OK, it’s actually pretty ugly right now, but it’s probably more important to get the content up first, then worry about making it pretty.
There were a few pages under the Stories subdirectory, but most of them had to do with setting up BSD for firmware development. In the last few years, I have focused on using Debian as a development platform instead, so those BSD pages are gone unless someone really, really needs them back.
The Embedded Memory Manager page was very popular, and it’s back in the original location.
I’ll be adding articles on setting up a Debian development system using VirtualBox, and some odds and ends on Subversion and my multi-platform make system are due as well.