Re: Debian natively on Android device
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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