Thread: DebiaN900 - A set of scripts to facilitate the installation of native Debian (WIP)
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2015-08-04 , 01:26
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Originally Posted by Eno-Desu View Post
Does someone remember Meego Rescue initrd? I can't find related files link since Meego is down and Tizen up.

The interesting thing was it was a kernel and initrd image loaded into ram over usb and the flasher tool. I don't know what the maximum size is that could be loaded like that but wouldn't it be nice to have the Debian-Installer that way? I was thinking about having keyboard and wifi support, and then install debian nativly without chroot on an empty (or in installer partioned) sd-card. Basically something like Debian-Netboot.

This isn't a request, nor do I know how-to myself. Just thinking about something nice and sharing that thought.

Edit, added some Debian things:


http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dist...mages/netboot/
I can't say I remember MeeGo Rescue initrd.

I have actually thought about how I could make the installation more accessible to increase interest in the project. My main idea was to make install_debian.sh runnable on the N900 itself under Maemo, package it up and upload it to Extras. It would need to install a pre-built kernel but that would be trivial to provide.

The main show stopper is the incompatibility between Maemo's kernel and Debian's glibc which prevent on-device chroot. There are ways to work around this. sulu's patched glibc for EasyDebian is one option. Installing that might be problematic without a chroot. I would prefer to patch it in-place during the Debian installation process but that would require more work. Another option would be package a recent kernel (3.x/4.x) for Maemo, upload that to Extras and make it a dependency.

My main problem right now is lack of free time. As usual, any help would be welcomed.
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DebiaN900 - Native Debian on the N900. Deprecated in favour of Maemo Leste.

Maemo Leste for N950 and N9 (currently broken).
Devuan for N950 and N9.

Mobile devices with mainline Linux support - Help needed with documentation.

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