The shell reports Illegal Instruction because your CPU cannot decode the opcode it should execute. Check to see that you downloaded the right binary for your device. You might have to build your own busybox.
On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 8:25 AM, jeefjiang1983 <[email protected]>wrote: > i following the steps in your email,but when i input > > busybox commands: > ./busybox --install > the shell display: Illegal instruction ./busybox --install > the busybox binary is downloaded from > http://benno.id.au/blog/2007/11/14/android-busybox , > how can i solve this problem? > 2009-08-14 > ------------------------------ > JeefJiang > Room 111,MingZhu Building > Central South University > ChangSha,HuNan > P.R.C > ------------------------------ > *发件人：* Lew Dawson > *发送时间：* 2009-08-14 13:20:18 > *收件人：* android-porting > *抄送：* > *主题：* [android-porting] Re: Running Linux Commands > Thank you all for the replies. > I ended up using busybox successfully as suggested above. I am running > Android on the Beagle Board. I did the following (for anyone else who > has the same question in the future): > 1. Downloaded the busybox binary > 2. Copied the binary to /data/busybox on the data partition of my SD card > 3. Booted Android with a minicom connection through serial > 4. Executed the following command in minicom to install all of the > busybox commands: > ./busybox --install > 5. Added the busybox directory to the PATH env. variable: > export PATH=$PATH:/data/busybox > On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Dianne Hackborn<[email protected] > > wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Abhinayak Mishra <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > > >> because phone makers don't want terminals available on their handsets! :) > > > > > Actually it is because this is completely pointless to give to normal users. > > > > > You can easily build the app and install it on any device you want yourself, > > though. Though the more typical way we get a terminal is: > > > > 1. Turn on adb debugging. > > 2. From desktop, "adb shell". > > 3. Enjoy shell. > > > > -- > > Dianne Hackborn > > Android framework engineer > > [email protected] > > > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > > > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > > answer them. > > > > > > > > > > -- > Lew Dawson > [email protected] > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ unsubscribe: [email protected] website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
