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diff --git a/blog/data/2013-10-27-vmdebootstrap-rpi.txt b/blog/data/2013-10-27-vmdebootstrap-rpi.txt
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--- a/blog/data/2013-10-27-vmdebootstrap-rpi.txt
+++ b/blog/data/2013-10-27-vmdebootstrap-rpi.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Title: Teaching vmdebootstrap to create Raspberry Pi SD card images
 Title: Teaching vmdebootstrap to create Raspberry Pi SD card images

-Tags: english, freedombox, mesh network
+Tags: english, debian, freedombox, mesh network

 Date: 2013-10-27 17:00
 
 <p>The
 Date: 2013-10-27 17:00
 
 <p>The


@@ -94,7 +94,10 @@ sudo ./vmdebootstrap \
 <p>The list of packages being installed are the ones needed by
 rpi-update to make the image bootable on the Raspberry Pi, with the
 exception of netbase, which is needed by debootstrap to find
 <p>The list of packages being installed are the ones needed by
 rpi-update to make the image bootable on the Raspberry Pi, with the
 exception of netbase, which is needed by debootstrap to find

-/etc/hosts with the minbase variant.</p>
+/etc/hosts with the minbase variant.  I really wish there was a way to
+set up an Raspberry Pi using only packages in the Debian archive, but
+that is not possible as far as I know, because it boots from the GPU
+using a non-free binary blob.</p>

 
 <p>The build host need debootstrap, kpartx and qemu-user-static and
 probably a few others installed.  I have not checked the complete
 
 <p>The build host need debootstrap, kpartx and qemu-user-static and
 probably a few others installed.  I have not checked the complete