Date: Tue, 9 May 2023 09:58:52 -0700 From: Enji Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com> To: Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: freebsd on an ebook ereader ? Message-ID: <711964C1-F069-4646-9DB1-776CEC2076DF@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2B1FSihjpHqgbDso1UZzsZTTCB3DvBNaGN4Sy9t5XGws0MvyMg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CA%2B1FSihjpHqgbDso1UZzsZTTCB3DvBNaGN4Sy9t5XGws0MvyMg@mail.gmail.com>
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--Apple-Mail-96DB0E64-C889-4A90-846E-1F251D219529 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > On May 7, 2023, at 10:06, Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> wrote: >=20 > =EF=BB=BF > Hello. >=20 > any chance to install freebsd on some kind of ebook ereader like the kindl= e ? I just also need to have a partial tutorial already written. I can finis= h the project,but im not able to start it from scratch. let me know. The reMarkable eReader looks like it would require some device porting, but i= t seems to fit the specs Warner mentioned in his reply (1.2GHz arm chip; 1GB= RAM). Here=E2=80=99s a guide someone stuck up on github: https://github.com= /reHackable/awesome-reMarkable . If I were in your shoes, I=E2=80=99d invest some time into getting Linux on t= he target to inspect the full specs of the tablet and see where time investm= ent was needed to make this work. A quick search suggests Amazon Fir= e tablets aren=E2=80=99t easy to hack because of the bootloader, but there a= re some guides out there about hacking the android OS, so there might be a p= ath forward if you=E2=80=99re diligent and patient: https://frontpagelinux.c= om/tutorials/how-to-install-lineage-os-on-amazon-fire-hd-8-tablet/ . My gues= s is that Amazon devices (including newer versions of rhe Kindle, maybe) are= going to be a pain to hack because of custom bootloader code designed speci= fically to keep folks from installing unsigned/blessed OSes from Amazon. HTH, -Enji= --Apple-Mail-96DB0E64-C889-4A90-846E-1F251D219529 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D= utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"ltr"></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br= ></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><blockquote type=3D"cite">On May 7, 2023, at 10:06, M= ario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></di= v><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<div dir=3D"auto">Hell= o.<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">any chance to install freebs= d on some kind of ebook ereader like the kindle ? I just also need to have a= partial tutorial already written. I can finish the project,but im not able t= o start it from scratch. let me know.</div></div> </div></blockquote><br><div>The reMarkable eReader looks like it would requi= re some device porting, but it seems to fit the specs Warner mentioned in hi= s reply (1.2GHz arm chip; 1GB RAM). Here=E2=80=99s a guide someone stuck up o= n github: <a href=3D"https://github.com/reHackable/awesome-reMarkable">= https://github.com/reHackable/awesome-reMarkable</a> .</div><div>If I w= ere in your shoes, I=E2=80=99d invest some time into getting Linux on the ta= rget to inspect the full specs of the tablet and see where time investment w= as needed to make this work. A quick search sugg= ests Amazon Fire tablets aren=E2=80=99t easy to hack because of the bootload= er, but there are some guides out there about hacking the android OS, so the= re might be a path forward if you=E2=80=99re diligent and patient: <a h= ref=3D"https://frontpagelinux.com/tutorials/how-to-install-lineage-os-on-ama= zon-fire-hd-8-tablet/">https://frontpagelinux.com/tutorials/how-to-install-l= ineage-os-on-amazon-fire-hd-8-tablet/</a> . My guess is that Amazon dev= ices (including newer versions of rhe Kindle, maybe) are going to be a pain t= o hack because of custom bootloader code designed specifically to keep folks= from installing unsigned/blessed OSes from Amazon.</div><div>HTH,</div><div= >-Enji</div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-96DB0E64-C889-4A90-846E-1F251D219529--
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