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Root Ubuntu for Androrid

PhoneMan93

PhoneMan93

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Does anyone know or has tested installing Ubuntu on the Prevail?
I know our loved Prevail has very low memory, but i was just wondering.
Thanks.
 
PhoneMan93 said:
Does anyone know or has tested installing Ubuntu on the Prevail?
I know our loved Prevail has very low memory, but i was just wondering.
Thanks.
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Yes. I had it successfully running on froyo. But I cant get it to work since the gb update. It installs fine, but when I go to run the startup script I get: chroot cannot execute bin/bash. Im working in finding the issue out now.
 
The~Skater~187 said:
Yes. I had it successfully running on froyo. But I cant get it to work since the gb update. It installs fine, but when I go to run the startup script I get: chroot cannot execute bin/bash. Im working in finding the issue out now.
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was it a version just like you see on the desktop or was it like a... hmmm... android look?
like big buttons not desktop look i guess?
 
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This is the error I get when trying it with the Linux Installer and The Ubuntu for Android method. It sucks cause it worked on Froyo. I'm going to keep working on it though.
 
The~Skater~187 said:
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This is the error I get when trying it with the Linux Installer and The Ubuntu for Android method. It sucks cause it worked on Froyo. I'm going to keep working on it though.
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Keep trying, I would love to see this. When things settle down, I will also try to help.

I am convinced that the people working on all of this stuff are the one's with no time left to spare. It must be their recreational vent.
 
mvaness said:
Keep trying, I would love to see this. When things settle down, I will also try to help.

I am convinced that the people working on all of this stuff are the one's with no time left to spare. It must be their recreational vent.
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I will figure it out. I'm getting close, I kind of had to put it on the back burner. I started screwing around with the Android x86 port.:cool:
 
The~Skater~187 said:
I believe there is only a Froyo version right now.That's the one I have and have been messing with. I actually did a full install on my Lenovo netbook. I got BackTrack5, Windows 7 Ultimate, and AnDROID x86.

Android x86: http://www.android-x86.org/
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If you read the targets there's the ne developed ics for x86 I own aa discontinued dell duo 1090 modded hardware wise I installed Ubuntu 11.10 desktop windows 8 modded by blue posion along with android 86 ics 4.0 works like a beautiful baby touch screen and all I installed on NY phone was Ubuntu arm works great but takes up loads of room some what buggy and dosent allow sound in chroot mode if u.truely want it in there go Google a tut or go to android market and buy Ubuntu for android
 
exgenmeikoj said:
If you read the targets there's the ne developed ics for x86 I own aa discontinued dell duo 1090 modded hardware wise I installed Ubuntu 11.10 desktop windows 8 modded by blue posion along with android 86 ics 4.0 works like a beautiful baby touch screen and all I installed on NY phone was Ubuntu arm works great but takes up loads of room some what buggy and dosent allow sound in chroot mode if u.truely want it in there go Google a tut or go to android market and buy Ubuntu for android
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I already have the Ubuntu arm and BT5 Arm from the Market and since the GB update none of them have successfully booted on my phone. I keep getting the chroot error listed above. Exgenmeikoj, did you get it to work on Gingerbread? If so how? And you said the have ICS for x86?
 
The~Skater~187 said:
I already have the Ubuntu arm and BT5 Arm from the Market and since the GB update none of them have successfully booted on my phone. I keep getting the chroot error listed above. Exgenmeikoj, did you get it to work on Gingerbread? If so how?
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Follow the instructions or as geeks words rtfm LOL *no disregard * simple I tryes both the installers didn't work download was a bitch so instead I used Linux installer to help me get things start but here's the thing if u learn to mount the squashfs and place it in cheroot of ur phone u can easily get this to work see I haven't done it in a awhile but chroot is a needed cmd for this to work I think they took support of boot loop dev out of the kernel on TB I was on fryo then kouma 1.0gb and worked fine my suggested steps are theser
Learn chroot
Find out what file system are phones support as a live CD
use a decent term to access the cmdline
Place your arm on the root of the SD
Pray
Mount the squashfs this is the tricky part I don't rember if its squash or loopdev but ether or the cmd for thebmount is mount -o loop /sdcard/ubuntu.ext
If not then man mount in Ubuntu

*update* if u really want to do this drop me a line on pm and ill try my best to figure a way u need to really be into it for it to work I been a Linux user sense I was 7 never used windows till I was 18 and I still use Linux over any of it my dist is gentoo which there's a good tut on how to install it u can read that and figure it out it uses chroot for it to work its something like installing unbuntu on android
 
exgenmeikoj said:
Follow the instructions or as geeks words rtfm LOL *no disregard * simple I tryes both the installers didn't work download was a bitch so instead I used Linux installer to help me get things start but here's the thing if u learn to mount the squashfs and place it in cheroot of ur phone u can easily get this to work see I haven't done it in a awhile but chroot is a needed cmd for this to work I think they took support of boot loop dev out of the kernel on TB I was on fryo then kouma 1.0gb and worked fine my suggested steps are theser
Learn chroot
Find out what file system are phones support as a live CD
use a decent term to access the cmdline
Place your arm on the root of the SD
Pray
Mount the squashfs this is the tricky part I don't rember if its squash or loopdev but ether or the cmd for thebmount is mount -o loop /sdcard/ubuntu.ext
If not then man mount in Ubuntu

*update* if u really want to do this drop me a line on pm and ill try my best to figure a way u need to really be into it for it to work I been a Linux user sense I was 7 never used windows till I was 18 and I still use Linux over any of it my dist is gentoo which there's a good tut on how to install it u can read that and figure it out it uses chroot for it to work its something like installing unbuntu on android
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I kind of got the Adroid Linux Method to work. I had to download busybox and install it to /system/bin of my phone. Everything went through ok, but when I went to boot it via, "bootubuntu" command it tells me something about mounting errors at data/local. I even flashed my phone back to Froyo, followed the setup instructions again, and it worked fine. I had ubuntu running and working. Went bunch of mounting errors.
 
The~Skater~187 said:
I kind of got the Adroid Linux Method to work. I had to download busybox and install it to /system/bin of my phone. Everything went through ok, but when I went to boot it via, "bootubuntu" command it tells me something about mounting errors at data/local. I even flashed my phone back to Froyo, followed the setup instructions again, and it worked fine. I had ubuntu running and working. Went bunch of mounting errors.
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Post ur steps and also post the .sh I want to see the script
 
exgenmeikoj said:
Post ur steps and also post the .sh I want to see the script
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Followed all steps here:
How to Install Ubuntu on Android! | Android+Linux=AndroLinux

Contents of .sh file:

mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
modprobe ext2

clear

rm -f /data/local/bin/fsrw
rm -f /data/local/bin/bootubuntu
rm -f /data/local/bin/unionfs
rm -f /data/local/bin/installer.sh
rm -f /data/local/bin/mountonly

mkdir /data/local/mnt

clear
rm /system/bin/fsrw
rm /system/bin/bootubuntu
rm /system/bin/unionfs
rm -/system/bin/mountonly

cp -f fsrw /system/bin
cp -f bootubuntu /system/bin
cp -f unionfs /system/bin
cp -f mountonly /system/bin


cd /sdcard/ubuntu

chmod 4777 *

cd /system/bin/

chmod 4777 *

cd /

clear

echo " "
echo "Ubuntu Chroot Bootloader v0.1"
echo "Ubuntu Bootloader is now installed!"
echo "This process does NOT damage Android OS!"
echo " "
echo "Original Installer by Charan Singh"
echo "Modified for Ubuntu Chroot by Max Lee at NexusOneHacks.net"
echo " "
echo "To enter the Debian Linux console just type 'bootubuntu'"


When I type bootubuntu, I get:
chroot: can't execute 'bin/bash': No such file or directory

Shutting down Ubuntu
umount: can't umount /data/local/mnt/dev/pts:
No such file or directory
umount: can't umount /data/local/mnt/proc:
No such file or directory
umount: can't umount /data/local/mnt/sys:
No such file or directory
umount: can't umount /data/local/mnt: Invalid argument
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