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WIPFirst a warning this is almost completely useless. The display and wifi don't work but every project has to start somewhere. I'm sharing this in hope of finding people who want to get ubuntu running on the A81. This setup runs from a memory card and doesn't break android. The only display is through a serial connection. Thanks to sittisaks and A81 linux 2629 kernel download : Android - Page 2 I was able to set this up. The uboot setup in the download enables usb2serial. I was not able to get a driver working for Windows 7 64bit. In theory a person could run console by plugging in a usb straight to the A81. So here is the download for the brave wits-ubuntu.tgz - 4shared.com - online file sharing and storage - download.Now instructionsYou will need a linux install. Also a memory card at least a 1gig. Download file. Decompress. Enter directory.
Mount the first and second partitionCopy MLO boot.scr u-boot.bin uImage and uInitrd to the first partition.Enter where you mounted the second partition. Warning very important you could wipe out your system if you enter the wrong folder. decompress armel-rootfs-201008071910.tgz
unmount partitionsBoot A81 like you were going to flash an update. Username: ubuntu password: tempI'm going to work on getting the display working. I don't take credit for most of this. ubuntu rootstock made the rootfs. Got u-boot from Downloads - beagleboard - Project Hosting on Google Code.
Code:
tar zxvf wits-ubuntu.tgzcd rootstockchmod a+x mk3PartSDCardrun ./mk3PartSDCard {mmc} [I]"example- ./mk3PartSDCard /dev/sde"[/I]
Code:
tar zxvf armel-rootfs-201008071910.tgz