How to install ubuntu on a droid.

[joeybarclay]

It worked for me when I was on the Latest ultimate droid rom.

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[darkreaper476]

"was" is/was that gingerbread??? What kernel was it using??

Thanks

[joeybarclay]

"was" is/was that gingerbread??? What kernel was it using??

Thanks

I don't know about the kernel but it was gingerbread. It's whatever kernel it came with

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[darkreaper476]

Just installed the latest UD and tried again... nothing.. I got the errors to show though here's the output...


$ export PATH=/data/local/bin:$PATH
$ su
#cd /sdcard/linux
# ls
Ubuntu for Android.txt ubuntu.img ubuntu.sh
# sh ubuntu.sh
WARNING: If you have more than 255 apps installed on the SDCard, then mounting the ubuntu.img will fail!

Apps on the SDCard associate with an encrypted loop device, and there are only 256 available to the system.

You have to go to Settings -> Manage Applications -> On SDCard, and move some apps back to phone storage in order to free up a loop device for ubuntu. Make sure you reboot the phone after doing this, then try again.

Please wait while booting ubuntu.img.. This can take some time...

mount: mounting /dev/block/loop255 on /data/local/mnt failed: Invalid argument
mount: mounting /sdcard/external_sd on /data/local/mnt/external_sd failed: No such file or directory
chroot: can't execute '/root/init.sh': No such file or directory

Exiting chroot environment and sync'ing memory to storage..
DO NOT EXIT until finished - doing so may corrupt the ubuntu.img!

umount: can't forcibly umount /data/local/mnt/external_sd: Invalid argument
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[joeybarclay]

Have you tried using a different version of busybox?

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[darkreaper476]

Just tried all 3 old, stable, unstable... all gave me the same error. What version are you using and where's it installed??? Thanks!