Root Ubuntu

[anaconda691]

I was looking into trying out ubuntu on the TU for fun, but I was wondering if anyone else has given it a shot and what was their experience with it? Was it working smooth or is it even worth it? Seems like the TU passes the prereqs for installing except I dunno if bobzhome's kernel has "support for loop devices," which seems to be important. :stupido2:

 

[gkak]

I think it might. Search the forums, ctmod or megatron. Saw it mentioned somewhere

 

[mavrikmeercat]

I wouldn't have time these days to port it but I would certainly help.
No bobzhome's kernel does not support loop devices as far as know. Unless bloodawn added support for it in his edited version.

 

[gkak]

http://androidforums.com/transform-...locking-kernel-sph-m930bst-2.html#post4107822

 

[mavrikmeercat]

http://androidforums.com/transform-...locking-kernel-sph-m930bst-2.html#post4107822

I stand corrected.... thought I saw loop=n in the ramdisk. Sorry. Been messing with a lot of devices lately.

 

[anaconda691]

http://androidforums.com/transform-...locking-kernel-sph-m930bst-2.html#post4107822

Awesome man, thanks, I didn't search for it correctly last night.

I wouldn't have time these days to port it but I would certainly help.
No bobzhome's kernel does not support loop devices as far as know. Unless bloodawn added support for it in his edited version.

That would be great, but I probably wouldn't have enough knowledge to port it over. That's a project for someone who knows how to do that, even though I would try to help out. The thing I was mentioning actually seems to just be a way to install it on the sd card and run it off the intact android system.

 

[mavrikmeercat]

Yep thats how its done..

 

[anaconda691]

You mean that we were talking about the same thing?

 

[anaconda691]

I was looking into trying out ubuntu on the TU for fun, but I was wondering if anyone else has given it a shot and what was their experience with it? Was it working smooth or is it even worth it? Seems like the TU passes the prereqs...

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Has anyone else given it a try? If not, then I'll just give it a go and post my results.

 

[gkak]

Bump

Has anyone else given it a try? If not, then I'll just give it a go and post my results.

that would be much appreciated. good luck

 

[h20]

interesting did you ever try it?

 

[mavrikmeercat]

Try linix installer from the market. It's pretty easy. I have done it successfully with Ubuntu 12.04. All the instructions and walk through are in the app. Worked pretty nice. You do need at least 4-6gb of free space on your sdcard though