Date: Tue, 9 May 2023 19:23:51 +0200 From: Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> To: Enji Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: freebsd on an ebook ereader ? Message-ID: <CA%2B1FSigMNr6Yqrbp%2BUTN79FWvSJ0v_kuwx7R%2BD04tDLUw4BYPw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <711964C1-F069-4646-9DB1-776CEC2076DF@gmail.com> References: <CA%2B1FSihjpHqgbDso1UZzsZTTCB3DvBNaGN4Sy9t5XGws0MvyMg@mail.gmail.com> <711964C1-F069-4646-9DB1-776CEC2076DF@gmail.com>
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--000000000000ff2eb605fb460656 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Very thanks bro'. None of your suggested devices fits my requirements for starting the hacking process,but...ehy...nice tries. I'm not interested in Android at all. For some time I've been looking for an old /but not too much/ device,like a phone or tablet where I can install Linux or even better,FreeBSD. The device should capture my curiosity. It should be a particular device. The Amazon tablet is not good because I hate amazon and I hate Android. Another story is the awesome remarkable. WIll be interesting to try to install Linux and / or FreeBSD there...but...it is too expensive for me. And unfortunately I haven't any high experience in such things. I can finish a project that's already been started. Maybe. I would be also interested to install FreeBSD on the Jetson nano or on the pinephone. But not alone. If someone has the same boal,I would like to participate for sure. I'm more intrigued by installing FreeBSD on an old mobile phone. That's for sure. On Tue, May 9, 2023 at 6:59=E2=80=AFPM Enji Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com> = wrote: > > On May 7, 2023, at 10:06, Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> wrote: > > =EF=BB=BF > Hello. > > any chance to install freebsd on some kind of ebook ereader like the > kindle ? I just also need to have a partial tutorial already written. I c= an > finish 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 it 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 the > target to inspect the full specs of the tablet and see where time > investment was needed to make this work. A quick search suggests > Amazon Fire tablets aren=E2=80=99t easy to hack because of the bootloader= , but > there are some guides out there about hacking the android OS, so there > might be a path forward if you=E2=80=99re diligent and patient: > https://frontpagelinux.com/tutorials/how-to-install-lineage-os-on-amazon-= fire-hd-8-tablet/ . > My guess 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 specifically to keep folks from installing unsigned/blessed OSes > from Amazon. > HTH, > -Enji > --=20 Mario. --000000000000ff2eb605fb460656 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Very thanks bro'.</div><div><br></div><div>None o= f your suggested devices fits my requirements for starting the hacking proc= ess,but...ehy...nice tries. I'm not interested in Android at all. For s= ome time I've been looking for an old /but not too much/ device,like a = phone or tablet where I can install Linux or even better,FreeBSD. The devic= e should capture my curiosity. It should be a particular device. The Amazon= tablet is not good because I hate amazon and I hate Android. Another story= is the awesome remarkable. WIll be interesting to try to install Linux and= / or FreeBSD there...but...it is too expensive for me. And unfortunately I= haven't any high experience in such things. I can finish a project tha= t's already been started. Maybe. I would be also interested to install = FreeBSD on the Jetson nano or on the pinephone. But not alone. If someone h= as the same boal,I would like to participate for sure. I'm more intrigu= ed by installing FreeBSD on an old mobile phone. That's for sure. <br><= /div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_a= ttr">On Tue, May 9, 2023 at 6:59=E2=80=AFPM Enji Cooper <<a href=3D"mail= to:yaneurabeya@gmail.com">yaneurabeya@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><bl= ockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-lef= t:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div 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, Mario Marietto <<a href=3D"mailto:ma= rietto2008@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">marietto2008@gmail.com</a>> wrot= e:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF= =BB=BF<div dir=3D"auto">Hello.<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"= >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 fini= sh the project,but im not able to start it from scratch. let me know.</div>= </div> </div></blockquote><br><div>The reMarkable eReader looks like it would requ= ire some device porting, but it 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:=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://github.com/reHackable/awesome-reMarka= ble" target=3D"_blank">https://github.com/reHackable/awesome-reMarkable</a>= =C2=A0.</div><div>If I were in your shoes, I=E2=80=99d invest some time int= o getting Linux on the target to inspect the full specs of the tablet and s= ee where time investment was needed to make this work. =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0= =C2=A0 A quick search suggests Amazon Fire tablets aren=E2=80=99t easy to = hack because of the bootloader, but there are some guides out there about h= acking the android OS, so there might be a path forward if you=E2=80=99re d= iligent and patient:=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://frontpagelinux.com/tutorials/h= ow-to-install-lineage-os-on-amazon-fire-hd-8-tablet/" target=3D"_blank">htt= ps://frontpagelinux.com/tutorials/how-to-install-lineage-os-on-amazon-fire-= hd-8-tablet/</a>=C2=A0. My guess is that Amazon devices (including newer ve= rsions of rhe Kindle, maybe) are going to be a pain to hack because of cust= om bootloader code designed specifically to keep folks from installing unsi= gned/blessed OSes from Amazon.</div><div>HTH,</div><div>-Enji</div></div></= blockquote></div><br clear=3D"all"><br><span class=3D"gmail_signature_prefi= x">-- </span><br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature">Mario.<br></div= > --000000000000ff2eb605fb460656--
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