Is it possible at all to run Android from SD card? I want to have SHR in NAND and Android in SD just for testing my programs.
Thanks! Leonti On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 10:59 PM, James Ancona <j...@anconafamily.com> wrote: > > > On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 6:59 AM, Neil Jerram <neiljer...@googlemail.com> > wrote: >> >> I'm interested in taking a look at Android... >> >> 1. The installation instructions seem to involve both a full SD card >> (which will be completely overwritten) and flashing the NAND. What I >> don't understand is whether the SD card is only needed during >> installation, or if the same SD card needs to stay in the phone >> afterwards, when booting Android from NAND. > > The installer puts all of Android in NAND. After installation the SD card is > only used for extra storage (web downloads, media, etc.) Any FAT formatted > SD card will do. You can run with no SD card in there, but as I recall, some > things don't work. >> >> 2. I understand that the Android installation flashes a modified >> version of the Qi bootloader. Can this modified version still boot >> other distributions, in particular Debian? > > It should boot other distributions from SD. The modification is because > Andoid uses a different NAND partition layout. If you want to replace > Android with a different distribution in NAND, you should reflash Qi. > Hope that helps! > Jim > >> >> Basically the situation is that I want to keep Debian (on SD) as my >> main distribution, but have Android in NAND for trying out. I have >> another SD card (512Mb) that I can use just for the Android install, >> but after that I'd like to put the Debian SD card back in. >> >> Thanks for any answers and advice! >> >> Neil >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Openmoko community mailing list >> community@lists.openmoko.org >> http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community