On Tue, Aug 05, 2025 at 10:58:44PM +0000, Nairasuillisnys wrote: > Hello, > > I have been struggling to get a Linux distro installed onto my Tablet, > however it is an older tablet, and the only options I have come across > in my research is Debian armhf, or Arch Linux armhf/arm7. > > My tablet is an older Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 7" T230-NU. The tablet is > rooted, and USB debug is active. I am attempting to install from a > Windows 10 PC. I am unfamiliar with Linux and have been looking to > not only upgrade my Tablet's software, as most everything on it is > failing; browsers, apps, Google play, due to its age and out of date > software/firmware, but also to learn how to use Linux. Linux I feel > is superior to Windows in many ways, but I cannot afford my own PC at > this time, nor can I afford a new Tablet, so I am trying to compromise > and install Linux onto my Tablet and learn to use it on there. > > I have read, and I understand that this model of Tablet is not only old, > but difficult to work with due to its chipset. > > The problems I am encountering are thus: > > - Tablet does not support OTG adapters, which prevents me from an easy > USB install. > > - I have attempted to use ADB and TWRP to install directly from the > Tablet's interior SD card (only 1GB), but TWRP only flashes .zip files. > > - I cannot find any linux distribution in .zip file format, which > leaves me unable to flash using TWRP. > > - I have attempted to extract the Debian 12.11.0 armhf netinstall > .iso in order to repackage it into a .zip file, but when I flash it, > it fails to flash with an error stating "invalid .zip format." > > From my research, apparently I am not compiling the .zip file > properly, as it requires a "META-INF" folder with scripts in it. I am > not a programmer or a scripter, and I do not have the experience or > knowledge necessary to create a proper .zip file with required scripts > to successfully flash Debian onto my Tablet.
Acknowledge > I was wondering if you would be willing to help me somehow. I cannot > find any optional .zip file download of Debian on the website, > even though my searchbar AI states there should be. (I don't trust > AI anyway...) > > Would it be possible, and would you be willing, to compile a .zip file > that makes it possible for me to flash Debian onto my Samsung Galaxy > Tab 4 7" T230NU using TWRP? I would be willing to spend some hours on sharing zip skills, while sharing food. Groeten Geert Stappers Pleased to see a good description of an interresting problem. -- Silence is hard to parse
