flashing debian ends in kernel panic

[arne anka]

> there I am left with a white topbar and a black rest of the screen  
> though.

that's the expected behaviour -- it's a very basic installation (as the  
"minimal" in its name already suggests).

> Could you please point me to the original mail from timo. I only found  
> hisimage via the openmoko wiki recent changes.

see
> http://lists.linuxtogo.org/pipermail/smartphones-userland/2012-March/003134.html