Hi Paul, thanks for your answer.
> You could write up a page about how to install Debian on it: The original device runs Android, and at the moment we use the backup boot method to boot a kernel and use the root from an external SD card. I will write something down. > If it uses u-boot as the bootloader, or if upstream u-boot supports > it, you could test the status of the Debian u-boot packages on it: > > https://wiki.debian.org/U-boot/Status Yes, it uses uboot. I will look into the u-boot package. > You could add support for it to the Debian Installer, probably > starting with flash-kernel. > > https://packages.qa.debian.org/f/flash-kernel.html Thanks for the pointer, I will look into it. > You could package whatever software is needed in Debian to regain the > functionality of the OS it ships with under Debian. Hahaha, the original software was a text editor with some features like compare etc. Target was pure note taking in text format ;-) I think everything the device did originally can easily be done in Debian already. All the best Norbert -- PREINING Norbert http://www.preining.info Accelia Inc. + JAIST + TeX Live + Debian Developer GPG: 0x860CDC13 fp: F7D8 A928 26E3 16A1 9FA0 ACF0 6CAC A448 860C DC13
