6.1. Armbian full system

6.1.1. Introduction

Armbian is a framework to quickly build a full system for msot ARM platform. It can produce kernel-only images or a ready-to-burn full image with rootfs and bootloader.

6.1.2. Build a system

The Armbian repo is the base tool to generate the images. Follow the steps in the link for more details about how to use it.

6.1.3. Usability in the EDGEMTech framework

Armbian is powerfull but only generate full system images.

Pros:

• Uses config.txt to configure the system at boot time.

• APT compatible.

• Zero effort to flash.

Cons:

• No rootfs customization

• Needs the raspberry linux kernel.

In the end, it is nice to have it for quick tests, but becomes quickly limitating when we want to customize the environnement a bit.