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    [other] Re: Linux on 7" mini netbook ARM-VT8500 ?

    http://devio.us/~nextvolume/via_arm/viewtopic.php?id=4&t_id=12&page=1
    search wondermedia abarasive
    you have to be root.
    my card has a small fat part, with a script directory, and a big ext part...
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    [other] Re: Linux on 7" mini netbook ARM-VT8500 ?

    you have to be root otherwise you get permission denied, or operation not permitted when you do tar -zxf extpart.tgz
    in fact i remember now, root is necessary to give the correct permisisons to the...
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    [other] Re: Linux on 7" mini netbook ARM-VT8500 ?

    "Dont buy one" is good advice. I got a Tosh TE2100 for a lot (75%) less. However there is the thrill of the chase to consider.
    Make 2 directories, one 30 or 40MB fat, the other a big linux, ext2 or...
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    [other] Re: Linux on 7" mini netbook ARM-VT8500 ?

    Some boards have a bug, and you have to set your SD card RO to make it RW...
    Also, if you crash or poweroff you might need to run e2fsck on the card (sda2) before it will boot. That sounds like...
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    [other] Re: Linux on 7" mini netbook ARM-VT8500 ?

    SD card has to be R/W Some of these books are upside down & you have to set it RO WM is another name for VT
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    [other] Re: Linux on 7" mini netbook ARM-VT8500 ?

    root/toor
    http://devio.us/~nextvolume/via_arm/viewtopic.php?id=4&t_id=27
    If that does not work, search for passwordless login, and change /etc/passwd /etc/shadow on the SD card
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    [other] Re: Linux on 7" mini netbook ARM-VT8500 ?

    nadimvirus::
    Kid, dwinston91 has not posted for 9 months. So if you want that file, you have to tell us what its name is.
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    Re: Windows continues to haunt me! need help.

    get a SD card.
    make part 1 dos, part 2 ext2 or ext3
    download the tar file put together by abrasive.
    unpack in the dos part ( i.e. part1)
    you will have one directory called script.
    insert card...
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    [other] Re: Linux on 7" mini netbook ARM-VT8500 ?

    TPB has a torrent for wm8505. I found that via blekko, second page of results, or thereabouts.
    https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6019823/7__Mini_Netbook_WM8505_%28ce6.0_android__linux%29
    There is...
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