Android x86 on a Fujitsu Lifebook B Series B-2175

[Wayne Edgar]

Hi. I'm new to this group. I'm interested in getting Android running
on a Fujitsu Lifebook B Series. This model has a touch screen but no
optical or floppy drive and no option to boot via USB, and it has been
upgraded to 256MB RAM. It is currently running Ubuntu 8.10, which was
installed via PXEboot and all the hardware is working, including the
touch screen and audio. The only issue I have right now is that the
touch screen is not calibrated, however I have found open source
drivers and documentation to calibrated it. My end goal is for my
daughter, age 9, to have a device running Android so she can have some
of the same apps and utilities that my wife and I have on our Droid
Eris.

My main question it, it this worth attempting? I imagine I can install
this the same way I installed Ubuntu over the network from the Live/
Install CD. Any ideas, suggestions, input, criticism, and tips are all
warmly welcome! Thanks!

Specs copied and pasted from some website:
Key Features
Laptop Type: Ultraportable Laptop
Use: Corporate Business · Small Business · Business
Processor: Celeron 500 MHz
Installed Memory: 128 MB (SDRAM)
Hard Drive: 10 GB IDE
Display: 10.4 in. TFT Active Matrix
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 98 SE
Weight: 2.87 lb.
Processor
Processor Manufacturer: Intel
Processor Type: Celeron
Processor Speed: 500 MHz
Motherboard
Bus Speed: 100 MHz
Memory
Installed RAM: 128 MB
RAM Technology: SDRAM
Max Supported RAM: 256 MB
Installed Cache Memory: 128 KB
Hard Drive
Hard Drive Capacity: 10 GB
Storage Controller Type: IDE
Other Drives
Floppy Drive: 3.5" 1.44 MB floppy
Display
Display Tech: TFT Active Matrix
Screen Size: 10.4 in.
Display Color Support: 16-bit (64K colors)
Display Max. Resolution: 800 x 600
Video
Installed Video Memory: 4 MB
External Video Resolution: 1024 x 768
Audio
Audio Output Type: Sound card
Operating System
: Microsoft Windows 98 SE
Platform: PC
Technical Features
Input Method: Keyboard · Pointing Stick · Touch-Screen
Networking
Networking Type: Integrated Network Card
Data Link Protocol: Ethernet · Fast Ethernet
Modem
Modem Type: Network / Modem Combo
Analog Modulation Protocol: ITU V.90
Battery
Battery Run Time: 2.5 Hours
Battery Technology: Lithium ion
Dimensions
Width: 9.93 in.
Depth: 8.51 in.
Height: 1.14 in.
Weight: 2.87 lb.
Miscellaneous
Product ID: 20137006
Family Line: Fujitsu LifeBook
More Information
Details: The LifeBook B series is the ultimate road companion
providing a streamlined link to your e-mail, the Internet and all of
your business documents. With latest Intel processors, upgradeable
memory, a crisp TFT display and a capacious hard drive you don't have
to give up anything to go small. The innovative design of the LifeBook
B series provides a sleek and useful size that can easily slip in a
small briefcase, backpack or purse. All LifeBook notebooks are built
to Fujitsu Siemens legendary reliability standards and undergo
extensive quality testing to ensure functionality and durability.

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android-x86" group.
To post to this group, send email to andro...@googlegroups.com.
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-x86...@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-x86?hl=en.

[Chih-Wei Huang]

Just try it, why not?

You may put kernel and ramdisk.img pxeboot
and system.img on usb disk.
You may need to modify init.rc to do that.

Or, you may try to run entire android-x86
via nfs. This was the way I did test before.

2010/5/20 Wayne Edgar <zerov...@gmail.com>:

--
Chih-Wei
Android-x86 project
http://www.android-x86.org