Linux/Android working on Titan

[00CericaRuss]

eh.. still haven't been able to mount the zImage.
Well.. i should say i was able to mount it, but i was unable to read anything from the mount point... *shrug*

[l33tlinuxh4x0r]

Originally Posted by 00CericaRuss

eh.. still haven't been able to mount the zImage.
Well.. i should say i was able to mount it, but i was unable to read anything from the mount point... *shrug*

The zimage is the actual kernel. AFAIK you cannot mount and edit it you need to recompile it. the initrd can be decompressed and edited though.

[unvivid]

makes sense, I assumed it was the other way around

[ryanbg]

Originally Posted by unvivid

Hmm, even after formatting my stock 512 trans flash at home I'm still getting an invalid partition error... Interesting. How is everyone else formatting there cards? I've used both windows gui and windows cli with sectors set to 512.

I formatted with Explorer, so it shouldn't be too complicated to get it working. I am not really sure what's going on with this thing being so picky about which SD cards you use. I wonder if it has to do with allocation size?

[EtherealRemnant]

Originally Posted by l33tlinuxh4x0r

The zimage is the actual kernel. AFAIK you cannot mount and edit it you need to recompile it. the initrd can be decompressed and edited though.

This is exactly correct.

You need to grab the Android kernel source....... I can tell you right now though, its highly unstable and getting a working kernel isn't an easy task. I'd leave it alone for now but if you know how to git the source, its git.android.com and the git repository is kernel.git

[ryanbg]

Originally Posted by EtherealRemnant

This is exactly correct.

You need to grab the Android kernel source....... I can tell you right now though, its highly unstable and getting a working kernel isn't an easy task. I'd leave it alone for now but if you know how to git the source, its git.android.com and the git repository is kernel.git

http://git.android.com/?p=linux-msm.git for the MSM chipset source

[unvivid]

Originally Posted by ryanbg

I formatted with Explorer, so it shouldn't be too complicated to get it working. I am not really sure what's going on with this thing being so picky about which SD cards you use. I wonder if it has to do with allocation size?

I see alot of other people are having issues too. I wonder if it's SD Driver related. I've tried every allocation size available. I've tried straight up FAT too. No difference. I've formatted through the phone using no2chem's Storage manager as well. Nothing seems to work. I'll have to see if I can pick up another SD card. If my linux box would just recognize my card reader I'd gpart it. Maybe have to play around a little more when I get home. If the wifey will let me.

[EtherealRemnant]

Originally Posted by ryanbg

http://git.android.com/?p=linux-msm.git for the MSM chipset source

linux-msm.git is deprecated... better to get used to using kernel.git now rather than later.

[wasupwithuman]

Ok... a few tips...
1. When booting haret, try to have atleast 20 megs of ram free... I dont know if it's nessessary... but it does help.
2. I normally do a soft reset right before i boot Android... Again.. helps clearing up the ram...
3. Try putting all the files in the same place... \storage Card (do not make a haret or android folder)
4. I haven't tried booting it on wm 6... but the stock sprint 6.1 rom that just came out... boots it up nicely... It takes my mogul about 23 seconds...
5. join the htc-linux chatroom on freenode... if you need some help...everyone there is really good at helping people out...
6. Take some time if you go in the chat room to thank DZO... this guy made it possible. I'd say donate some money via paypal... but i havent been able to find if he accepts donations.. (but maybe if we get enough people to donate he can buy a mogul and help us out...) just a thought...

As for the certain type memory sticks... I think it's just your guy's phone being picky... Cause it should run on any >2gb ... Try going and buying a brand new one... put all the files on the root of the directory and run it... Don't reformat it... just get the brand new one, extract the files from android.zip and run it from /storage card... Also... like i put in the above tips... do a soft reset before to free up some ram haret still needs some ram to boot... Try disabling alot of your start up programs... Also do the soft reset with the card in.. sometimes wm won't see the card if u put it in after it boots... try all that... It should work..

As of right now though.. if u cant get it to work... ur not missing too much.. there a few people trying to get the keyboard to work... until that happens... not much use... but dam it looks cool.

[maxdamage2122]

all i have to say is wow. this has come a long way since the last time i was messing with android. couldn't even get it to boot before. wish i knew more so i could help out but keep up the good work guys i appreciate it.