Building Kali Linux for Gumstix Overo

This writeup goes over details on how to build and install a Kali Linux image for an Overo Gumstix board. The build notes and images in this post are for a stock Kali Linux OS configured for a Gumstix Overo device. The Kali image is configured for easy SSH network access over wired, wireless or USB when the Gumstix device is powered.

In order to create as Kali Linux device that resembled a USB dongle, I chose to use a Gumstix Overo Firestorm-P com with a Thumbo daughter board. The device is WiFi enabled and runs most pentest tools relatively well. As Gumstix devices are low resource ARM devices, there are obviously some CPU limitations, but considering the hardware, it runs great.

Building Debian Wheezy for Gumstix Overo

This writeup goes over details on how to build and install a Debian Wheezy Linux image for an Overo Gumstix board. The build notes and images in this post are for a stock Debian Wheezy OS configured for a Gumstix Overo device. The Debian image is configured for easy SSH network access over wired, wireless or USB when the Gumstix device is powered.

This Debian build utilizes the kernel, modules and firmware from the Gumstix Overo Yocto build. You do not have to build your own Yocto image as this documentation utilizes a precompiled version, but if you are interested in building your own, you can check our my previous post "Building Yocto Linux Images for the Gumstix Overo"

Here is a short summary of what this writeup covers:

1. How to manually build a Debian Wheezy image for a Gumstix Overo.
2. An alternative scripted method to build a Gumstix Debian image.
3. Where to download precompiled Debian Wheezy Gumstix Overo image if you are not interested in building them yourself.
4. How to install a Debian Wheezy image to an SD card for your Gumstix board.
5. How to access your image after installation

Building Yocto Linux Images for the Gumstix Overo

This writeup goes over some basics on how to build and install a Yocto Linux image for an Overo Gumstix board. The Yocto build described in this document can be directly installed on a Gumstix board or you can utilize the kernel, modules and firmware it creates to construct other Linux distributions (Debian, Kali, Ubuntu, Fedora, etc) for your Gumstix board.

Here is a short summary of what this writeup covers:

1. How to manually build and compile a Yocto image for a Gumstix Overo.
2. A quick alternative way to build a Gumstix Yocto image.
3. Where to download Yocto images if you are not interested in building them yourself.
4. How to install a Linux image to an SD card for your Gumstix board.
5. How to access your image after installation