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snowbody · 09-04-2016, 05:33 AM

I managed to dual boot android or linux on the kobo mini.
Technical detail can be found here :
https://github.com/najnesnaj/kobo-mini-dual-boot

Basically you start the kobo mini in android or linux and if you want to switch, you have to execute a script. This script just copies 10MB of data to the first sectors of a 16 G sd card.

There is still a VFAT partition available but you have to mount it manually (explained in README)

I'm fully aware that this is not a very elegant solution.

Under the linux-2.6.35.3-dev-12.20 directory which can be found on the baidu website is an example for a menu driven boot/selection

09-04-2016, 05:33 AM	#1
snowbody Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2013 Device: Kobo mini	debian / android dual boot OK (mini) I managed to dual boot android or linux on the kobo mini. Technical detail can be found here : https://github.com/najnesnaj/kobo-mini-dual-boot Basically you start the kobo mini in android or linux and if you want to switch, you have to execute a script. This script just copies 10MB of data to the first sectors of a 16 G sd card. There is still a VFAT partition available but you have to mount it manually (explained in README) I'm fully aware that this is not a very elegant solution. Under the linux-2.6.35.3-dev-12.20 directory which can be found on the baidu website is an example for a menu driven boot/selection