How to make debian arm etch root.tar.gz
http://nepotismia.com/linux/qemu/arm/
This is the quite easy way to get the base rootfs for debian system on the cross environment, it took some time to complete the 2nd stage, though.
.... I: Configuring apt-utils... I: Configuring klogd... I: Configuring tasksel-data... I: Configuring sysklogd... I: Configuring tasksel... I: Base system installed successfully. root@192:/#
The size is:
doyu@t43:~/target$ du -sh ./ du: `./var/spool/cron/crontabs': Permission denied 134M ./