Root Ubuntu on Rooted Galaxy Tab 4 8

[nypaulie]

Has anyone had success installing this? I get as far as "no looping device". I've searched through many forums but no luck. I was able to do this on my HP Touchpad which is rooted and running Android JB.

 

[EarlyMon]

Get Terminal Emulator and enter -

cat /proc/partitions

If you don't see looping devices (loop0, loop1,...) at the top of list then they're not supported by the kernel.

The looping device is essential for the common Ubuntu methods to work.

 

[nypaulie]

I read:
2111 loop
7308 loop

Does this mean I have a shot at this?
If so then how come the error msg?
I must be doing something wrong....

Thanks for your response - I live in hope!

 

[EarlyMon]

Try looking through your startup script. In my experience, they typically look for loop0 or loop1 -

If so, modify your script, see what happens.

Make a nandroid backup first though.

 

[nypaulie]

Try looking through your startup script. In my experience, they typically look for loop0 or loop1 -

If so, modify your script, see what happens.

Make a nandroid backup first though.

My post should have been:
2111 loop0
7308 loop1
The digits must have gotten lopped off (auto-correction?)
I will try to locate the script file and have a look.

 

[EarlyMon]

Unless I'm missing something, your kernel appears to support normal loopback devices - not sure what the issue is then.

Ok to post your startup script, I'm kinda familiar with this whole thing.

http://androidforums.com/threads/ubuntu-linux-on-the-3vo.387978/

 

[nypaulie]

Here's the startup script: https://www.dropbox.com/s/w8bi45ur9twpzfr/bootscript.sh?dl=0
& Here's the error msg: https://www.dropbox.com/s/fkw1ao7n4yd7byy/error-msg.txt?dl=0

 

[EarlyMon]

Thanks for the links, sorry we're time shifting due to my real life commitments, will post back within the day.