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+# Raspberry Pi Image
+
+This directory contains the files required to build a coatrack raspberry pi image.
+
+The `rpi-gen-config` directory contains the configuration that can be merged with the pi-gen directory structure to build the raspberry pi image.
+
+The `build.sh` script does the following:
+
+- start an arm64 debian image
+- install dependencies for [pi-gen](https://github.com/RPI-Distro/pi-gen.git)
+- use the build configuration to produce an image in the `build` directory
diff --git a/rpi/build-image.sh b/rpi/build-image.sh
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+apt-get update
+apt-get install -y coreutils quilt parted qemu-user-static debootstrap zerofree zip \
+    dosfstools libarchive-tools libcap2-bin grep rsync xz-utils file git curl bc \
+    gpg pigz xxd arch-test kmod
+
+mkdir -p /build/rpi
+cd /build/rpi
+git clone --branch arm64 https://github.com/RPI-Distro/pi-gen.git --depth 1
+cp -r /src/rpi-gen-config/* /build/rpi/pi-gen/
+cd /build/rpi/pi-gen
+./build.sh
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+docker run --privileged -v .:/src -v ./build:/out arm64v8/debian /bin/bash -c /src/build-image.sh
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+IMG_NAME="coatrack-$RELEASE-$ARCH"
+PI_GEN_RELEASE="we should set this"
+RELEASE="bookworm" # debian 12
+USE_QEMU=1
+TARGET_HOSTNAME="coatrack"
+FIRST_USER_NAME="user"
+DEPLOY_DIR=/out
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