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