#!/bin/bash
dir="debian_armel_wheezy"
ver="wheezy"

#create empty image and mount it
img=debian_arm.img
dd bs=512 count=5400000 if=/dev/zero of=$img #creates a empty IMG file that is about 2GB

#fdisk $img
#mkfs.ext4 $img
mkfs.ext4 -F my_image.img

mkdir $dir
modprobe loop
mount -o loop $img $dir
#sudo cp -pfr squashfs-root/* op/   #copies with permissions intact

#https://wiki.debian.org/EmDebian/CrossDebootstrap#QEMU.2Fdebootstrap_approach
apt-get install binfmt-support qemu qemu-user-static debootstrap

#mkdir $dir

debootstrap --foreign --arch armel $ver $dir http://ftp.debian.org/debian/

cp /usr/bin/qemu-arm-static $dir/usr/bin

DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive DEBCONF_NONINTERACTIVE_SEEN=true \
 LC_ALL=C LANGUAGE=C LANG=C chroot $dir /debootstrap/debootstrap --second-stage

DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive DEBCONF_NONINTERACTIVE_SEEN=true \
 LC_ALL=C LANGUAGE=C LANG=C chroot $dir dpkg --configure -a

echo "Welcome to your ARM chroot!"

chroot $dir bash



################notes##########
echo “deb http://http.debian.net/debian wheezy main non-free contrib” > /etc/apt/sources.list
echo “export PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin” >> /root/.bashrc
echo “export TERM=xterm” >> /root/.bashrc

###########bashrc######
export PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
export TERM=xterm
export HOME=/root