# Run vmdebootstrap script to create image
sudo \
    vmdebootstrap \
    --log ../log \
    --log-level debug \
    --size 3G \
    --image $IMAGE.img \
    --verbose \
    --mirror $MIRROR \
    --customize "$basedir/bin/freedombox-customize" \
    --arch $ARCHITECTURE \
    --distribution $SUITE \
    $extra_opts \
    $pkgopts

Needs u-boot:armhf & linux-image-armmp:armhf in the image.

sudo ./vmdebootstrap --image ../images/test.img \
 --size 1g --owner $(whoami) --verbose \
 --mirror http://mirror.bytemark.co.uk/debian \
 --log ../images/test.log --log-level debug \
 --arch armhf \
 --foreign /usr/bin/qemu-arm-static \
 --no-extlinux \
 --no-kernel \
 --package u-boot \
 --package linux-image-armmp \
 --distribution sid \
 --bootsize 20m --boottype vfat

# copy u-boot specific files

# copy auto-serial-console to /bin/

sudo vmdebootstrap \
  --enable-dhcp \
  --serial-console --serial-console-command='/bin/auto-serial-console' \
  --root-password='root' \
  --verbose \
  "$@"

sudo vmdebootstrap \
  --enable-dhcp --no-kernel --package=linux-image-generic \
  --serial-console --serial-console-command='/bin/auto-serial-console' \
  --root-password='root' --hostname='ubuntu' --user=user/pass --sudo \
  --verbose \