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Re: Debian natively on Android device

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deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> writes:

> Rodolfo Medina wrote:
>
>> Hi all.
>> 
>> I'm interested in the problem of running Debian on an Android device and I
>> visited:
>> 
>>  https://wiki.debian.org/Mobile
>> 
>> .  I'm trying to follow the tutorial:
>> 
>>  http://whiteboard.ping.se/Android/Debian
>> 
>> , but it seems to be quite hard.  I'm stuck where the tutorial says:
>> 
>>  # mkbootimg --base 0x00200000 --kernel zImage --ramdisk initramfs.cpio.gz
>>  # -o my-boot.img
>> 
>> , as I don't know where the file zImage is on my Android device nor the
>> base
>> address (above 0x00200000).  I got some help from the debian-mobile
>> mailing list but it was not such that I managed to solve my problem.
>> 
>> I think it's important to remark that the above tutorial, as far as I
>> understand, is not about running Debian within the costraints or at the
>> top of
>> Android system, as many other kind of solutions do, but instead natively. 
>> It compiles the Android kernel and replace - it seems - the original with
>> the modified one.
>> 
>> Anyone out there who's interested as well in the matter and has already
>> experienced it?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Rodolfo
>
> There is one device running on native (or almost native debian). The device
> is called Nokia N9. 
> "MeeGo was a Linux distribution hosted by the Linux Foundation, using source
> code from the operating systems Moblin (produced by Intel) and Maemo
> (produced by Nokia)." [1]
> Unfortunately discontinued. 
> The problem with your undertaking is (woud be) support for hardware aka
> drivers. You can look at jolla [2], sailfish [3].
>
> Honestly I admire people that have time to waste!


Why do you say `waste of time'?  I won't say you're wrong, just see what you
mean...

Rodolfo

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Debian natively on Android device Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> - 2017-01-31 21:20 +0100
  Re: Debian natively on Android device Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> - 2017-01-31 21:40 +0100
    Re: Debian natively on Android device Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> - 2017-02-02 14:20 +0100
      Re: Debian natively on Android device <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-02-02 14:40 +0100
      Re: Debian natively on Android device Carl Fink <carl@finknetwork.com> - 2017-02-02 14:40 +0100
        Re: Debian natively on Android device David Baron <dbaron770@gmail.com> - 2017-02-02 15:40 +0100
      Re: Debian natively on Android device David Baron <dbaron770@gmail.com> - 2017-02-02 14:50 +0100
  Re: Debian natively on Android device deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-02-01 00:50 +0100
    Re: Debian natively on Android device Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2017-02-01 02:30 +0100
      Re: Debian natively on Android device deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-02-01 08:40 +0100
    Re: Debian natively on Android device Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> - 2017-02-01 15:50 +0100
      Re: Debian natively on Android device <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-02-01 16:10 +0100
        Re: Debian natively on Android device deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-02-01 21:00 +0100
          Re: Debian natively on Android device Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2017-02-01 21:20 +0100
            Re: Debian natively on Android device Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> - 2017-02-01 22:00 +0100
              Re: Debian natively on Android device Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2017-02-01 22:20 +0100
                Re: Debian natively on Android device deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-02-01 22:30 +0100
                Re: Debian natively on Android device Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> - 2017-02-01 22:30 +0100
                Re: Debian natively on Android device Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2017-02-02 10:00 +0100
                Re: Debian natively on Android device Michael Lange <klappnase@freenet.de> - 2017-02-02 10:40 +0100
          Re: Debian natively on Android device <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-02-01 21:50 +0100
          Re: Debian natively on Android device Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> - 2017-02-01 21:50 +0100
            Re: Debian natively on Android device deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-02-01 22:20 +0100
              Re: Debian natively on Android device deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-02-01 22:40 +0100
                Re: Debian natively on Android device Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2017-02-02 10:00 +0100
                Re: Debian natively on Android device deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-02-02 20:30 +0100
        Re: Debian natively on Android device Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> - 2017-02-01 21:10 +0100
          Re: Debian natively on Android device deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-02-01 21:50 +0100

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