On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 1:55 PM, Alexander Graf <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 13/11/2016 18:48, Tony Su wrote: >> >> Probably not possible, but a simple Google search returns these hits... >> >> A Windows RT Jailbreak tool >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2092158 >> >> You can try turning off "secure boot" in your BIOS settings >> >> http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/06/yes-you-can-run-linux-on-your-microsoft-surface-pro/ >> >> And, applying general principles without at all looking at how an RT >> boots, I'd assume that it should be possible to chainload the Windows >> bootloader like x86 Windows. This assumes that the RT bootloader is >> likely the same as x86 Windows bootloaders so can be modified the same >> way. Don't know why there are no hits of anyone trying to do this. > > > Well, IIUC the jailbreak came years after release, so hardware was already > not terribly interesting at that point. Also there are much more hackable > alternatives around, so people never really cared.
Worse. The jailbreak came out early on, but it only allowed users to run unsigned userspace code inside RT. No significant value to a Linux hacker. And the jailbreak only works on the old RT 8 release, and probably and unpatched RT 8 OS at that. It definitely doesn't work on the Surface RT I'm working with. ( I tried it. :) ) I've read nothing that says an unsigned kernel can be booted on a Surface RT. It's either do it right, or don't do it. > However, I'm not going to stop you from porting anything over :). Patches > are always welcome and if you manage to make Linux and openSUSE work on your > Surface, I'm happy to help you integrate that work in our code stream. > > Keep in mind though that the work necessary to get Linux ported to an > undocumented new platform is above the 1 man-year level. If you know exactly > what you're doing and have prior experience in such porting efforts. Seriously? That is unbelievably hard. > Alex Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] To contact the owner, e-mail: [email protected]
