Linux on 7" mini netbook ARM-VT8500 ?

[ch4rlii]

Hi,
sorry, I'm still with Android: Do we have an IMEI?
The settings informs about kernel version, mac-adress and such, but I cant find an IMEI. It is needed to register some Apps...

[abrasive]

Hi,
sorry, I'm still with Android: Do we have an IMEI?
The settings informs about kernel version, mac-adress and such, but I cant find an IMEI. It is needed to register some Apps...

Nope. Not a phone, no IMEI.

[Tazergnome]

So what exactly is this android system that's being passed around for the WM8505? Is it Debian running on the Android kernel?

If someone could detail how to set this up for a newbie I would be grateful. I've never messed with compiling and I'm not sure how to approach installing on something without a bios.

Thanks,
-TG

[mmanu]

for android:
dl the .zip of posts 651 or 656.
unzip
put on a sd card
boot on it.
it's done.

for debian (on the android kernel):
...
wait the feedbacks.

[abrasive]

So what exactly is this android system that's being passed around for the WM8505? Is it Debian running on the Android kernel?

If someone could detail how to set this up for a newbie I would be grateful. I've never messed with compiling and I'm not sure how to approach installing on something without a bios.

The Android system you see around is just that: an Android system.
The Debian system uses the Android kernel and wi-fi driver, but everything else is Debian.

I've further simplified the install-to-device procedure. This is about as simple as it gets!
Instructions:
http://bur.st/~abrasive/wm8505_linux/INSTALL

[ch4rlii]

Hi,
@debian users: Could you post the answer of "free -m" with X11 running?
In Android, the advanced task manager says 44MB free...
I still doubt 128MB are enough for debian.
Thanks!

[abrasive]

Hi,
@debian users: Could you post the answer of "free -m" with X11 running?
In Android, the advanced task manager says 44MB free...
I still doubt 128MB are enough for debian.
Thanks!

40mb used, 64mb free; that's with X11 and dwm, nothing else.

[ch4rlii]

Thanks! This is pleasant

[mikkoj]

No success

Everytime I get this:
**************************

Preparing to install Linux root filesystem...
Attempting to mount SD card:
Can't find SD card, giving up.
sleep 5
exit 0
fi

if [ ! -x /mnt/sd/extpart.tgz ]
then
echo Cant find ext.part.tgz on SD card!

Please Enter to activate this console

[abrasive]

No success

Everytime I get this:
**************************

Preparing to install Linux root filesystem...
Attempting to mount SD card:
Can't find SD card, giving up.

Can you enter the console (just hit Enter) and grab the output of the following:

 ls /dev/mmcblk0* 
ls /mnt/mmcblk0*

If you find your partition (eg. as mmcblk0p1) you should be able to

 mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/sd 
mount /dev/mtdblock9 /mnt/mtd 
tar xzf /mnt/sd/extpart.tgz -C /mnt/mtd

which will complete your install.