Hi, so I want to dual boot OS's or be able to install linux on ChromeOS but a) I don't want to remove the enterprise/school on it to prevent suspicious b) damage the original ChromeOS installation. I can't install Linux on it due to restricts but how can I get around that?
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I have a tablet and would like to use both Linux on ARM & AOSP. Rather than having a dual boot and two operating systems installed to the tablet with a static partition for both, can I boot into a hypervisor with a VM for Linux and a VM for AOSP? I've looked at some wind river and xen embedded hypervisors - but it's somewhat obscure and seems hard to get the answers I'm looking for.
On a slightly different subject - with dual booting on android, is the recovery partition used to hold the second OS? If so has anything been done to regain access to TWRP / CWM?
Hello everyone,
In brief I was wondering if I could somehow turn an Android installation into a GNU/Linux distribution, given that Android uses the Linux kernel. Maybe I can install the GNU libraries and the rest of a distribution on top of the kernel, then deactivate the Android libraries that get on its way? I'm thinking of doing this because the Linux kernel already has all the required drivers for my device so perhaps the only thing that I should do is to tweak some files.
Here is my story:
At work I was given an old and unsupported industrial touchscreen module from a largely unknown company. The screen itself is connected to a computer module in the back, which has connectors for several peripherals, an embedded ARMv7 processor, and runs Android 2.2 (rooted) as its operating system.
I was given the task of finding out in a short time if I can install another operating system in the computer (say, Debian) to use it as a PC.
So I looked for information about this device, but I could only find the document attached.
So far, I have been able to turn it on, to connect it to the internet, to get it to read an SD card, and to connect USB peripherals such as a mouse and a keyboard.
But as for installing a different operating system, I haven't had any luck. I've tried different things. For example, I tried to boot into recovery mode by pushing several combinations of keys, but with no success so far. I've looked at the circuit board, but I haven't seen anything illuminating.
Also, I think that installing a Linux distribution from scratch would be painful, even impossible, because this device is not supported in any form and it doesn't come with a user guide or a software package, so it would be impractical to get the drivers for the device, as they are most likely non-standard.
I mean, is it even possible to accomplish this? Is it practical? How should I proceed? I think it is technically possible, but I'm not a Linux expert, not an Android expert, and not an embedded systems expert so I may be wrong.
I have also looked into other options. For example, the "Complete Linux Installer" Android app. I don't think this would work. The device only has ~100MB of free space in the internal flash memory.
There is also a way to install a GNU/Linux distribution that runs on chroot simultaneously with Android and communicates with it via VNC, called "Linux Deploy", but this sounds like it is not optimal. I don't think it would be a good option because of the limited resources of the device.
Any help will be appreciated.
So i really am looking for a way to get linux possibly debian or ubuntu to get working on my android. tried linux deploy , complete linux installer, gnuroot...no luck. Please helo if you can
Device: xaomi mi4, android 6.0.1 cyanogenmod
Sorry for the necro, but gnuroot debian on the playstore should work! Remember it only installs the backbone of linux via a P-root (like chroot). You would need to install and set-up all dependencies you need to run applications by yourself though! I had no issues running octave (even in gui) and blender. I still have more to learn about bash. Anything that can run on arm64 (if your soc has an instruction set of armv7+). Also since you are rooted, you should be able to get even kernal installed easily, but it will take some time, patience and work!!
Hello,
First off while writing this I know of the apps such as "complete linux" and "Linuxgnu)" and ect these run a shell overlaying the android system an well while Google is running this system is not secure.
(keeping the phone system running "phone/messaging" will be the difficult part but would be nice to keep)
I'd like to have the phone run a real Linux distribution without any "android"
Like if I were to just wipe everything off the device and get it to boot as a usb drive then the easy part would be to simply installing the Linux (but it would run aas a USB so I'd need another way to have this happen without losing the screen)
Is it possible? If so how? Just need small guidance
I am curios if it is possible to boot RemixOS from phone. I found app called DriveDroid which allow you to boot live-images of linux distros from your phone. I think it would be really practical if we ware able to boot RemixOS with shared data(apps) partition directly from phone.
You should try it, it may boot remixos but I don't think app data partition will be shared.
Don't forget that Remix OS needs an x86 or an x86-64 processor.
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I am curios if it is possible to boot RemixOS from phone. I found app called DriveDroid which allow you to boot live-images of linux distros from your phone. I think it would be really practical if we ware able to boot RemixOS with shared data(apps) partition directly from phone.
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You completely misunderstood what DriveDroid is! DriveDroid lets you use your phone as a Live USB/CD instead of an actual USB/CD. So no you can't run this ON your phone because DriveDroid is merely replacing the USB/CD drive you boot your computer from to install on your computer.