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[Tutorial] Boot Linux on the Typhoon

Started to mess about with this earlier today, finally got the damn thing to work Turns out it is quite easy..
First, to get one thing straight, this will only boot the kernel, it will dump you at a shell which you have to remotely log on to via telnet over usb. There will be some (not so) fancy text appearing on your phone's screen but that is about it. Also, it only works on unlocked phones.
This is what you get:
On your computer you'll get this:
Cool, huh? Btw, this is running from a memory card, your OS will be untouched so as soon as you reboot the phone it will boot right back into WM2003/5/6.
1. What you need
* A HTC Typhoon running any rom of your choice (I did it on WM6).
* A miniSD memory card
* A Linux distro - I downloaded the Ubuntu Live CD and ran it through VMWare, no need to install anything or reboot your computer.
* miniSD image of Xanadux - this is the linux port for HTC devices. Grab the latest version here: http://rapidshare.com/files/92218185/Linux.zip.html
(these files are extracted from the miniSD image file found here: http://vivien.chappelier.free.fr/typhoon/download.html)
2. How to run linux on the Typhoon
1. Instead of installing linux properly on your phone which requires partitioning of the internal memory etc (a lot can go wrong) we'll put it on the memory card then a Windows Mobile program called HaRET will boot linux for us from WinCE. Completely non invasive in other words.
This bit is dead easy, just extract the Linux.zip file you just downloaded and copy the files to the root of your memory card (must be memory card, can't do this from the internal memory afaik). Next, go to the File Explorer on your phone and find the file HaRET.exe. Run it then press the run button (this button has focus when you execute HaRET.exe so just press the joystick when the windows appears) and you will see a message saying "Booting linux", then after a few seconds your screen will go black and some text will appear.
Voila! That's linux running on your phone!
2. Connect to the phone via telnet
If read the last line of text that appeared on screen you'll see that it says "Press enter to activate this console" but no matter what buttons you press on the phone nothing happens, some gibberish appears but that's it.
Solution: telnet to the phone from your computer.
Get Ubuntu to boot on your computer, then go to Applications->Accessories and run the Terminal. Next type in the following commands:
Code:
modprobe cdc_ether
modprobe usbnet
ifconfig usb0 up 192.168.9.1
and finally
Code:
telnet 192.168.9.10
Login with username root and you'll find yourself at a shell like the screenshot above. Everything you see from now on is coming linux from your phone!
I've noticed that Xanadux doesnt always initialise the USB port unless it is connected via USB when booting up so make sure you always have your phone connected via USB when you run HaRET.
Now I'm going to try to figure out how to get the GSM module to work...

LINUX based ROM??
Hi shandar,
I have read your post and I am interested to know if you are cooking a LINUX based ROM that will run in a WIndows Mobile device? That would be too good to be true.
Also another question is do you need to have Linux running on your desktop to make this tutorial work?

ryanchanmd said:
Hi shandar,
I have read your post and I am interested to know if you are cooking a LINUX based ROM that will run in a WIndows Mobile device? That would be too good to be true.
Also another question is do you need to have Linux running on your desktop to make this tutorial work?
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Hey, well, I don't know enough to make a linux rom for smartphones. I'd love a working linux distro for Typhoons & Windows Mobile phones in general but it is way out of my league unfortunately.
Btw, I probably should clarify that I only wrote the tutorial, the actual linux port is made by someone else.

android ubuntu loader

hi
is there any way to load ubuntu 3 for hd2 from nand android?

+1 yes it is possibly ?

1. i copied the files on my sd-card.
2. renamed initrd.cpio.gz to initrd.gz
3. renamed zImage_htcleo_usbhost_2.6.32.9-38182-g6ad7e77 to zImage
in magdlr:
1.i go to 9.services then 1.boot setting then 2.always menu
2-i go to 9.services then 1.bootsetting then 3.ad sd dir and select linux folder
3.shut down
after power on the magdlr menu appear, and if i select boot ad nand, android will boot compeletly, and if i select boot ad sd haret will execute, but after complete loading and when mouse pointer appear, phone will restart,whats the problem?

alikhalesi said:
and if i select boot ad sd haret will execute
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Wrong!
haret is a windows mobile executable and it has nothing to do with magldr.

TheATHEiST said:
Wrong!
haret is a windows mobile executable and it has nothing to do with magldr.
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yes,but haret executed,and ubuntu loaded.when mouse pointer and keyboard appear, phone restarted.

alikhalesi said:
yes,but haret executed,and ubuntu loaded.when mouse pointer and keyboard appear, phone restarted.
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linux and android don't in the same way.
ask the cook of your android rom to enable kexec on the kernel in his next release, then you should be able to boot ubuntu from within android.
a bit like haret on windows.
plopper

plopper said:
linux and android don't in the same way.
ask the cook of your android rom to enable kexec on the kernel in his next release, then you should be able to boot ubuntu from within android.
a bit like haret on windows.
plopper
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is there any android build that kernels support kexec now?
and if i download it, problem will be solved?

alikhalesi said:
is there any android build that kernels support kexec now?
and if i download it, problem will be solved?
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not that i know off, so it's up to some rom chef to enable it so we can test it.
plop

Interesting thanks.

Well is it now possible to boot ubuntu from android?
And is there a tutorial? If not, may anyone post something about that.
I'm using the Typhoon Android and it would be a funny gimick to boot Ubuntu
Ehm i read somewhere that someone booted Win98 oder 95 on the HD2 is there a Video up or a hp?

only if someone ports a similar Haret app on Android but im pretty sure theres other ways via terminal not sure

I am also very interested in a haret for Android! This would be great.
I use NO windows anymore (on any device for that matter) and would like too keep it that way
Super cool job, looks great in the youtubes...

it would be very nice to know if there's a way. thank you all

i would guess there's 2 ways for this to work. 1: from inside android after it's already loaded (like haret) and 2. from the bootloader when you first start your phone up.
i know with a PC, you can have any OS's files on a hard drive, or partition or whatever. but if your bios doesn't know it's there, it wont just go auto looking for it. it will tell you 'operating system not found' or something along those lines. now when you install an OS on a PC it updates that boot menu, or in linux the grub menu which is pretty much the same thing. there's also a program handy in windows called 'easyBCD' and linux has the 'startupmanager' respectively. so it's already been taken care of in those OS's and i gotta think it can't be that hard to get one going for mobile OS's as well.
i would think, it shouldn't be that hard to direct the bootloader at the startup of the phone, to wherever your directory for your phone's OS is located (and similarly for a secondary OS). just a matter of modifying that line so it reads into the correct directory. of course i can't program but it sounds right

非常有趣的感谢~

First off not to sound rude to anyone but haret builds can boot within magldr but a proper roof.img is needed for magldr and not windows. i dual boot sd builds and nand all the time when i use magldr but im using cLK cause i work at night and dont want to risk the battery dying on me. Also have you try the hd2 toolkit not the one for flashing clk or magldr but the that loads hbl to boot up ubuntu here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1095726 just for the new ones that dont know.

It's very possible, we just need a dev who's motivated enough to create a app, or script that will execute the correct terminal codes.

Ubuntu with Android
On Ubuntu website, they claim to have Ubuntu working (in near future) on smartphomes supporting ARM. From what I gather, they install Ubuntu but only with Android system. Is anyone working on this? I use windows to sync in with all contacts and calendars, but want to do this with Ubuntu.

Installed MAGLDR.......

Hi guys,
I have a international HTC HD2 win6.5.
I have installed MAGLDR using these 2 post..........
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-boot-android-from-sd-card-of-htc-hd2-with-magldr/
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/what-is-magldr-and-how-to-install-and-use-it-on-htc-hd2/
When I boot up now it goes to the MAGLDR bootscreen; how do I make it boot to Windows 6.5?

I believe you don't, it wipes your nand memory so you can then either flash Android or WP7 to the internal memory.

OMG! I didn't know that, I thought it was another version of harret; booting up into harret instead of win6.5..........
hmmmmmm.............is there a win6.5 or win7 I can burn into NAND?

s050399b said:
OMG! I didn't know that, I thought it was another version of harret; booting up into harret instead of win6.5..........
hmmmmmm.............is there a win6.5 or win7 I can burn into NAND?
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no.
you can have 6.5 with android on sd or wp7 with android on sd or nandroid. no dual-nand.

Thanks!
I would like to have original Win6.5 that comes with HTC HD2, is it available here?

Look at posts in Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development section. Especially http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=713977

just donwload the official rom from htc (you have it one their support site) and flash it trough your pc or trough SD card but if you flash it with SD it will Uninstal HSPL

I have just flashed Windows 7 into my NAND, and I want to revert back to Win6.5; How can I installed energy rom?
I tried running "Leo_SoftwareUpgrade.exe", after extracting the energy rom, and it says error, and quits.

metko said:
just donwload the official rom from htc (you have it one their support site) and flash it trough your pc or trough SD card but if you flash it with SD it will Uninstal HSPL
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I can't flash it thru my PC now, as Windows 7 doesn't do activesnyc.........

this has been asked and answered countless times. it helps to read about how to undo what you are doing before you do it!
answer: simply flash your wm6.5 rom from your sdcard.

metko said:
just donwload the official rom from htc (you have it one their support site) and flash it trough your pc or trough SD card but if you flash it with SD it will Uninstal HSPL
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It's not possible to flash thru the PC, somehow I can't even transfer files via PC.
How do I flash it thru SD?
I've downloaded it and it's "RUU_Leo_S_hTC_Asia_WWE_3.14.707.3_Radio_15.42.50.11U_2.15.50.14_LEO_S_Ship.exe"

Any progress?
Sent from my HTC Magic/Dream using XDA App

s050399b said:
It's not possible to flash thru the PC, somehow I can't even transfer files via PC.
How do I flash it thru SD?
I've downloaded it and it's "RUU_Leo_S_hTC_Asia_WWE_3.14.707.3_Radio_15.42.50.11U_2.15.50.14_LEO_S_Ship.exe"
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did you do like ANY research or are you just doing something without knowing what the hell you are doing??
in the first place if you thought you could install MAGLDR and still have WinMo in your first place you probably didn't read anything
and concerning flashing that WinMo ROM back on your phone you might want to try and hit that search button because i've seen it hundreds of times explained exactly how to do it...

no progress.........
not sure what to do now...........the UI interface from MIUI current version is not what I am after
[ Before ]
- Official Win6.5 ROM + MIUI SD ROM from (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=969661)
- but then he said he not support SD anymore
- so I thought of moving to MIUI on my phone
[ Now ]
- with MIUI directly, I find that I can't access my SD from PC
- UI not nice.......
I feel like moving to Win6.5 + MIUI on SD, I find that with these configuration, I can access everything via activesync, if I didn't like a particular Android on SD, I just remove it from SD and restore it easily............

XthelordinatorX said:
and concerning flashing that WinMo ROM back on your phone you might want to try and hit that search button because i've seen it hundreds of times explained exactly how to do it...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=611433
didn't work; the 3 colored screen just sits there on serial.......
4) Uninstallation
Only way to remove the HSPL is to flash an original SPL from SD card.
- Take any "RUU_signed.nbh" from a ship ROM and copy it to SD card.
- Rename it to "leoimg.nbh"
- Reset the device while pressing the volume down button.

from this:
http://www.jayceooi.com/2011/01/01/how-to-upgrade-htc-hd2-rom-through-sd-card-video/
20. You should get ‘Red, Green, Blue and White’ screen with SPL-2.08.HSPL.
21. Let go volume down button when you see ‘loading…’.
22. Then ROM upgrade screen will be loaded.
I don't get to "21"...........it just sits on "Serial"............

Oh! Stupid me!
I am able to flashed to official ROM now;
[ STR ]
- connect USB
- restart phone and hold down "power" + "volume down"
- the boot menu should change to USB
- and wait for computer to install proper drivers for it
- THEN!! run RUU_Leo_S_hTC_Asia_WWE_3.14.707.3_Radio_15.42.50.11U_2.15.50.14_LEO_S_Ship.exe
I know the problem now, it's because I didn't wait for the computer to finish installing the drivers to communicate with phone

s050399b said:
Oh! Stupid me!
I am able to flashed to official ROM now;
[ STR ]
- connect USB
- restart phone and hold down "power" + "volume down"
- the boot menu should change to USB
- and wait for computer to install proper drivers for it
- THEN!! run RUU_Leo_S_hTC_Asia_WWE_3.14.707.3_Radio_15.42.50.11U_2.15.50.14_LEO_S_Ship.exe
I know the problem now, it's because I didn't wait for the computer to finish installing the drivers to communicate with phone
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like i told you.. searching works

XthelordinatorX said:
like i told you.. searching works
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Wrong!
Searching leads me to nothing....................
And I sit down thinking to myself; and slowly a bulb lights up!! Why am I so keen to use SD to flash...........and then voila~~

Wow glad everything's fine now. We need you in here to also help others with similar problem.
Great job. I been too busy since my last post in this thread. I was going to help you solve this problem but you the man.
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA App

[Q]Booting Ubuntu with NAND Android

Hello!
I have NAND Android on my HD2 and am very happy with it.
Now, I'd like to run GNU/Linux (not neccesarily Ubuntu, but that's good start) from SD. But, while it boots with MAGLDR, kernel seems incompatible with it, and it's very glitchy. Touchscreen and Wi-Fi don't work, just to begin with, so it's non-functional.
Here are my questions:
1) If anyone has kernel for HD2 that works well with MAGLDR, please tell me! I've heard Ubuntu 0.4 kernel is supposed to support it, but there are problems with usb host. If anyone of you is in possession of that kernel, please tell me! (I don't mind no usb host).
2) Did anyone try booting Ubuntu 0.3 on HD2 using cLK and it's fastboot functionality, like Ubuntu on Desire HD? Does it work?
Here's proper link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1045910 (it isn't real dual boot but I don't need it)
Basically I want to have usable GNU/Linux (not android) running off sd card while I have Android on NAND.
fpu

Sorry, pls delete...

I just want to say that I tried 2) - the fastboot solution.
And it DOESN'T work :-( errors and problems the same as on MAGLDR. Touchscreen doesn't work, wifi module doesn't want to load, etc. ...
So there's still no way to have functional Ubuntu on HD2 with Android sitting in NAND.
Looking for (and forward to) kernel with MAGLDR support!
fpu

I used ICS 4.0's zImage to ubuntu0.3 and 0.2,in 0.2,the zImage works good but the WiFi and 3G isn't work~it also works in 0.3,but the touch screen doesn't work right.This zImage will boot 0.2 and 0.3,it won't died after boot~
What I can say is these~Oh my poor English!

Linux native on acer iconia a series (a200)

Hello to every body
I tried to post on the > Acer Iconia A500 > Iconia A500 Android Development > seccion but it says that I do not have permissions.
Expecifly to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1158260. So this is my post:
I found an boot.img file that I was flash with fastboot on my a200, this modified boot allow me to diseable the boot from mmcblk0p0 partition on my internal storage device, and boot from mmcblk1p2 partition on my external sdcard.
I was try with ubuntu 10.x first time, I can get input device support and touchscreen support, when I connect the usb keyboard do not work.
So I was try debian test edition, I was get usb support for keyboard and mouse device. I can get support for touchscreen.
I can get support for wireless card, the firmware for it appear to be on the kernel but lshw -c network show me that wlan0 is disabled and I can get to up it. so I can get update or upgrade the system, I will try to install some .deb manually download its depends one by one.
Libre office works perfectly, I get more memory support, I mean on android I get 700 Mb of RAM memor, on Debian I get about 900 Mb.
I just have a 2Gb sdcard so I can not install so much aplications right now.
Can somebody help me get wireless support for my device?
Thanks

montolla said:
I found an boot.img file that I was flash with fastboot on my a200, this modified boot allow me to diseable the boot from mmcblk0p0 partition on my internal storage device, and boot from mmcblk1p2 partition on my external sdcard.
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I am trying to do the same thing right now. I found that the rootfs in "option 1" of this posting works:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1158260&page=36
Can you tell me where you found the boot.img file you mention? The one I have tries to mount a non-existent partition. I have to connect a USB keyboard and type the commands to mount mmcblk1p2.

boot.img
Hello
I found the modified boot.img on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1158260, more exactly on http://www.mediafire.com/?p32l949n2s7la43.
So I put my acer on fastboot mode (poweron with volume down press and where brivate and show acer logo, move the lock rotate screen tow or tree times to get fastboot mode) and use fastboot.exe (windows, on linux fastboot.sh....) from the sdk of android and run this command: fastboot flash boot newrec.img.
So the fastboot.exe show write file and rebooting.
the device will reboot and you show on it the kernel booting (no boot screen is showing).
The next step you can found it on the thread. but is more or less format the sdcard, create a ext3 or ext4 partition small ass primary and boot, create a second one on ext3 or ext4 and put the rootfs or linux kernel on the second one.
I use the android app that allow to run linux chroot on android to install the debian core, its depends and the lxde desktop.
But fisrt of all you need to back up your boot.img from your device, you can use clockworkmode to make a nandroid back up, in the folder of the back up you can find your boot.img file to run android again.
you can use fastoot to get the actual boot.img but you need to find on google.
Good look!
Thanks for reply
chappell said:
I am trying to do the same thing right now. I found that the rootfs in "option 1" of this posting works:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1158260&page=36
Can you tell me where you found the boot.img file you mention? The one I have tries to mount a non-existent partition. I have to connect a USB keyboard and type the commands to mount mmcblk1p2.
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Hello to everybody
I was installed Debian "native" on my acer a200 16Gb one.
I used lxde with lightdm as desktop environment.
I get working my WiFi module and connect to my personal network.
At first time I get the correct firmware but for some reason it says that the hardware bottom is locked and I can not execute "ifconfig wlan0 up".
I move the lock screen switch and surprise! the WiFi interface works. The lock rotate screen switch seems to be the WiFi disable button on the laptop.
When I reboot the systems and boot again the WiFi just gone. I need to power off and turn on manually to get work again.
I can get the touchscreen device work. It seems to be recognized but the xorg.conf not work.
I try on gnome but my 2Gb sdcard class 4 can contain it. I need a 5 Gb one. I do not have enough money right now.
the a200 just have one usb port, so I can not use my usb keyboard and mouse at same time. I will need a USB switch perhaps.
The Bluetooth device seems to be detected but the lxde do not have support right now for it. I will try on gnome later.
So I need to work on touchscreen, Bluetooth and gps (I do not know hot to do that on Linux....).
The nvidia-tegra 2 seems to be detected but I do not how to tested.
Next I need to install directly on a200 internal storage and put android on the sdcard.
So how can I put Debian on internal storage? can I create a new partition table on it and create a swap partition, a /(root) partition on ext4 and home partition on external sdcard?
I will try lubuntu and ubuntu on the a200 later.
Thanks

touchscreen
montolla said:
Hello to everybody
I can get the touchscreen device work. It seems to be recognized but the xorg.conf not work.
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according dmseg the only i see is regcognized is gyro, mic jack and usb port. where did u seen touchscreen, it could help me get it working
i dont know if its a good ideo to store debian on internal memory....first partition on sdcard should work if u can modify the boot.img
thanks for the hint with lockscreen alias wifi switch

A kernel Dev has arrived...
If anyone is still interested, I have compiled a bootable kernel with TOUCHSCREEN driver to run native linux on the Acer Iconia Tab A200. This kernel mounts the rootfs from the 2nd partition of the external SDcard (mmcblk1p2). I've posted it here on dropbox >>URL= https:[slash-slash]dl[dot]dropboxusercontent[dot]com/u/183913275/linux/neoboot-TSdebug2.img

Hello
I was install bedian permanently on my iconia a200.
But I need to use the emmc device but I can figurate how can I do that?
I can access fast boot or recovery. Justa start debian, no android etc.
Thanks