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Nexus 10 Manta Mainline allows me to install Debian on my Nexus 10 ?

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Mario Marietto

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Jun 27, 2023, 6:50:05 PM6/27/23
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Hello.

Excuse me for the lack of knowledge,but with the code stored on the github below :


Can I install one of the latest Linux kernel versions on the Nexus 10 ? And also a Linux distro like Debian ? On the github above there isn't a structured tutorial to do so,can you suggest one to me ? I'm not able to understand what to do out of the blue. I'm really excited to try the installation of Debian on my Nexus 10. thanks.

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Dan Ritter

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Jun 27, 2023, 7:40:06 PM6/27/23
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Mario Marietto wrote:
> Hello.
>
> Excuse me for the lack of knowledge,but with the code stored on the github
> below :
>
> https://github.com/alexmrqt/manta-mainline/tree/f4c38a7867f4e0e7481b71f96a0d0b4116b41c0f
>
> Can I install one of the latest Linux kernel versions on the
> Nexus 10 ?

No.

> And
> also a Linux distro like Debian ? On the github above there isn't a
> structured tutorial to do so,can you suggest one to me ? I'm not able to
> understand what to do out of the blue. I'm really excited to try the
> installation of Debian on my Nexus 10. thanks.

The utter lack of documentation, issues, and conversations
suggests that the attempt was abandoned. You should talk to the
person who has that github repo, but prepare for disappointment.

-dsr-

Mario Marietto

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Jun 27, 2023, 7:50:06 PM6/27/23
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Hello.

Please give a look here :


it does not seem that it has been abandoned...it seems that there have been good progress.
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Mario.

Dan Ritter

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Jun 27, 2023, 9:20:05 PM6/27/23
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Mario Marietto wrote:
> Hello.
>
> Please give a look here :
>
> https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/kernel-mainlining-manta-kernel.4461617/
>
> it does not seem that it has been abandoned...it seems that there have been
> good progress.


Great! Continue talking to them.

Find out if this is an armel, armhf, or arm64 machine. All three
are nominally supported by Debian, but booting is going to be
fun (i.e. hard) in most cases.

https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/ will give you a guide to
read once you know the architecture.

Once you've got a kernel booting, you can build an installation
with debootstrap -- you'll want to build it on a different
machine, then copy the image over to whatever media the hardware
can use.

If I remember correctly, the Nexus 10 had a bunch of cases of
bad storage with very limited write lifetime. They are all 11
years old now, so be prepared for that, too.

-dsr-

Mario Marietto

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Jun 28, 2023, 4:30:07 AM6/28/23
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-----> Great! Continue talking to them.

they don't reply to me.

-----> https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/ will give you a guide to read once you know the architecture.

I found the architecture :

cpu = ARM Cortex-A15
cpu bits = 32
instruction set = ARMv7


so,it should be armhf,right ?

I see no guide on the link that you gave to me. Can you point me to a more specific link ? I need a tutorial that teaches me how to use the code stored on the github of those guys. Thank you very much.

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Mario.
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