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Date:      Wed, 05 Nov 2014 21:39:13 -0800
From:      "Chris H" <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com>
To:        jhs@berklix.com, <jamie@dyslexicfish.net>
Cc:        gj@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: android bsd connectivity tools etc ?
Message-ID:  <8364d85c9437deb6c09af00a80fbc222@ultimatedns.net>
In-Reply-To: <201411060002.sA602xFv028879@dyslexicfish.net>
References:  <201411051653.sA5GrShX095849@fire.js.berklix.net>, <201411060002.sA602xFv028879@dyslexicfish.net>

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On Thu, 06 Nov 2014 00:02:59 +0000 Jamie Landeg-Jones <jamie@dyslexicfish.net>
wrote

> "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> wrote:
> 
> Firstly, if you haven't already, I'd recommend 'Android terminal
> emulator' and 'hackers keyboard' - both free from the Play store.
> 
> To be able to create startup scripts without reflashing etc. you
> must have root, and be able to write the file
> "/system/etc/install_recovery.sh"
> 
> > NFS [& AMD] [& SSH] would be ideal for me.
> >
> > I had a look on my Samsung Galaxy Note 3, with Android 4.4.2 kernel
> > 3.4.0, & skimmed index of the 182 page pdf, but I dont know how to
> > tell if mine has NFS ? Or how to get it.
> 
> I have the dropbear ssh client and server. I've not managed to compile
> them or openssh yet - instead I grabbed the binaries (opened source)
> from inside one of the free sshd server apps on the play store.
> 
> One of my newer devices doesn't come with NFS, the others do. You need
> to find the correct nfs.ko kernel module for your kernel, and/or
> recompile the linux kernel - both things I've not achieved yet
> (running FreeBSD and not Linux/Windows makes things harder with no
> SDK etc.) but all this is part of what I'm investigating at the
> moment, so it would be great to be able to share notes with someone
> else sith a FreeBSD mindset.
> 
> If you have nfs already, the standard mount should work from root:
> 
>  | 23:29 [3] (1) root@tabbycat:"/usr/users/jamie" # mkdir /tmp/test
>  | 23:29 [3] (2) root@tabbycat:"/usr/users/jamie" # mount -o nolock,hard,ro
> lnfs:/nfs/b/tabbycat/ /tmp/test  | 23:30 [3] (3)
> root@tabbycat:"/usr/users/jamie" # df -h  | Filesystem                  Size 
>     Used Available Capacity  Mounted on  | tmpfs                     176.7M  
>   52.0K    176.7M     0%    /dev  | devpts                         0        
> 0         0     0%    /dev/pts  | proc                           0         0 
>        0     0%    /proc  | sysfs                          0         0       
>  0     0%    /sys  | none                           0         0         0    
> 0%    /acct  | tmpfs                     176.7M         0    176.7M     0%   
> /mnt/asec  | tmpfs                     176.7M         0    176.7M     0%   
> /mnt/obb  | /dev/block/nandd         1007.9M    282.6M    725.3M    28%   
> /system  | /dev/block/nande         1007.9M    137.4M    870.5M    14%   
> /data  | /dev/block/nandh          252.0M      4.3M    247.7M     2%   
> /cache  | /dev/block/nandd         1007.9M    282.6M    725.3M    28%    /bin
>  | hidden                         0         0         0     0%   
> /system/.bin_mount  | tmpfs                     128.0M      8.0K    128.0M   
>  0%    /tmp  | /dev/block/nandj2         718.0M    404.7M    313.3M    56%   
> /usr  | /dev/block/nandj3         100.4M     19.3M     81.1M    19%    /var
>  | tmpfs                       1.0M      4.0K   1020.0K     0%    /var/run
>  | /dev/block/mmcblk0p2       18.6G      1.3G     16.4G     7%    /data2
>  | /dev/block/vold/93:76      23.5M      8.0K     23.5M     0%    /mnt/extsd
>  | /dev/block/vold/179:3      10.5G      5.5G      5.0G    52%    /mnt/sdcard
>  | /dev/block/vold/179:3      10.5G      5.5G      5.0G    52%   
> /mnt/secure/asec  | tmpfs                          0         0         0    
> 0%    /mnt/sdcard/.android_secure  | lnfs:/nfs/j/Misc/           1.8T     
> 1.5T    143.7G    91%    /mnt/sdcard/Misc  | lnfs:/nfs/j/Music/          1.8T
>      1.5T    143.7G    91%    /mnt/sdcard/Music/lapcat  | lnfs:/nfs/j/Videos/
>         1.8T      1.5T    143.7G    91%    /mnt/sdcard/Videos/lapcat
>  | lnfs:/nfs/j/Pictures/       1.8T      1.5T    143.7G    91%   
> /mnt/sdcard/Pictures/lapcat  | lnfs:/nfs/APK-archives/         1.8T      1.5T
>    143.7G    91%    /APK-archives  | lnfs:/nfs/b/tabbycat/       1.8T     
> 1.5T    143.7G    91%    /backups  | lnfs:/nfs/b/tabbycat/       1.8T     
> 1.5T    143.7G    91%    /tmp/test  | 
>  | 23:30 [3] (4) root@tabbycat:"/usr/users/jamie" # l /tmp/test
>  | total 32
>  |      4 drwxr-x---    9 root     root           512 Nov  1 07:28 ./
>  |      0 drwxrwxrwt    3 root     root           160 Nov  5 23:33 ../
>  |      4 drwxr-xr-x   20 rootfs   rootfs        1024 Nov  5 09:23 BASE/
>  |      4 drwxr-x---    2 root     root           512 Nov  5 16:35 logs/
>  |      4 drwxr-x---    2 root     root           512 Oct 25 11:49 monthly/
>  |      4 drwxr-x---    7 root     root           512 Nov  5 16:36 often/
>  |      4 drwxr-x---    5 root     root           512 Nov  1 07:49 old/
>  |      4 drwxr-x---    2 root     root           512 Oct 29 09:20 partial/
>  |      4 drwxr-x---    4 root     root           512 Nov  3 03:35 weekly/
>  | 
>  | 23:30 [3] (5) root@tabbycat:"/usr/users/jamie" #
> 
> I'd be more than happy to share my findings/code/ etc. with you,
> maybe private mail would be better?
> 
> As a quick 'summary', I use FreeBSD exclusively on my servers etc., but
> do have 5 Android devices.
> 
> My achievements with them (not currently complete with all of them) is to
> give them a decent Unix environment, all running NFS to my home FreeBSD
> server, sshd, IP6 (FreeBSD server is my IP6 router - it uses tunnelbroker.net
> to get IP6 over my consumer IP4 only ISP), cron, cc, rsync, passwd/group,
> rc.d, cc, etc. and for me to be able to access them from anywhere when
> they are connected to the home network.
> 
> Integrated external memory card into main disk space. None of this
> /mnt/sdcard /mnt/extsd restriction crap.
> 
> Swap space, where appropriate (you have to be careful with android swap, as
> android tends to preload apps when there is free memory)
> 
> Modern shell.
> 
> More typical partition mounts.
> 
> Auto-deduped backups, and automatic archive of all APK's (these 2 tasks
> are initiated from the FreeBSD side - I was fed up with some app 'upgrades'
> being crap, and then unable to find the prevuous version to revert)
> 
> I won't use 'apps' to do any of this, it all has to be done on the unix
> side of things. (apart from being less clunky, it was a necessity on my
> first cheapo tablet with little RAM)
> 
> > I get no umass & /dev/da* I probably need to tweak my android somehow.
> 
> I haven't noticed problems with FreeBSD recognising usb, but I've been
> mainly concentrating on lan connectivity so I'll leave any USB stuff to
> the experts!
> 
> > Thank to all who have contributed info & URLS etc.  Collated at:
> >         http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/android/#connect
> > Corrections, additions etc welcome.
> 
> I've been meaning to document my android stuff, so anything I can do to
> help...
> 
> >  Indent previous with "> ".  Interleave reply paragraphs like a play
> >  script. 
>
> Yes, and how's that working out for you? :-(
> 
> The indiscriminate quoting and top-posting is why I (and I'm sure many
> others) rarely follow the FreeBSD lists anymore, and the posters here are the
> LAST people I'd expected to post in such a brain-dead way :-(
> Still, it makes me feel less guilty for this post straying into off-topic
> territory.
> 
> Cheers,
> Jamie
Count me in! I currently have 4 android devices -- 2 EVO-4g's, and
2 Galaxy s5's. All rooted. I honestly enjoyed working with the EVO's.
But the Galaxys? Ugh. If you ain't got Winblows, you're pretty much
up a creek. I'd love to contribute any way I can. I own, and operate
several Internet-facing servers (FreeBSD), and have a bunch of "spares"
that can be readily tailored for any (strange?) task.

Please keep me in the loop.

 Thanks.

--Chris

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