This is about booting Ubuntu natively on the DHD. (without chroot and without an Andriod running at the same time)
Based on the version for the HTC HD2
What works:
What doesn't work:
Instructions:
Change log:
Modifing the rootfs on your PC or virtualBox:
Dual boot option:
Download:
Ubuntu4DHD.rar (reuploaded as rar)
MD5 of image: 79a9faa2d49725fb6bfdc30d4c5fb885
easy to use.zip
appendix:
Tips:
Password: ubuntu
Based on the version for the HTC HD2
What works:
- touchscreen (touchscreen works as touchpad) (thanks to Jhinta)
- two finger scrolling (thanks to Jhinta)
- Wifi
- dragging windows (double click and holding second click)
- right click (double two finger click) (thanks to dronf)
- adb (thanks to torsrex)
- incoming calls (thanks to liljom)
- SMS (thanks to liljom)
What doesn't work:
- sound
- keys (hard and soft keys)
- usb host
- firefox (only as root)
Instructions:
- Download ubuntu4dhd.zip
- Download easy to use.zip
- Put the linux folder from ubuntu4dhd.zip to the root of your sdcard
- Put the easy to use folder to your windows PC
- Bring your DHD into the bootloader
- Connect DHD to the PC
- Double click Start here.bat
- Tip "fastboot boot boot.img"
(without ") - after restarting your old rom will start
Change log:
- Working touchpad driver
- two finger scrolling
- Wifi working out of the box
Modifing the rootfs on your PC or virtualBox:
- mkdir /ubuntuDHD
- sudo mount -t ext2 -o loop /path/to/rootfs /ubuntuDHD
- rootfs is now mounted under /ubuntuDHD and can be modifyed as root
- umount /ubuntuDHD
Dual boot option:
- Download two different cwm from Rom manager
- Open the clockworkmod folder on you sdcard an open the download folder.
- Search for the version number for the old recovery. You will find an image file, open the containing folder and copy the boot.img from the Ubuntu4DHD.rar into it.
- Now, rename the boot.img file to the recovery image filename and deleted the old recovery.
- Now, when you select the old recovery from Rom manager, it will flash the ubuntu boot image.
- Booting into Recovery will now boot Ubuntu
Download:
Ubuntu4DHD.rar (reuploaded as rar)
MD5 of image: 79a9faa2d49725fb6bfdc30d4c5fb885
easy to use.zip
appendix:
- easy to use.zip
with: - My boot.img
- boot-usbhost.img (boot image with usb host support)
Tips:
Password: ubuntu
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