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Re:I turned a $80 RK3562 Android tablet into a Debian Linux ... by bnabholz on Monday May 18, 2026 @12:05AM (#48175463)
Ordered one today, I think this is a cool project. Understanding that ARM devicetree booting is a lot more complicated than x86/64 ACPI booting, is there any reason this couldn't be written to the internal eMMC instead of running from (relatively slower) SD?
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Re:I turned a $80 RK3562 Android tablet into a Debian Linux ... by tech4bot on Monday May 18, 2026 @03:53PM (#48184672)
Based on my experience with other Linux handheld projects, most people prefer to keep Android intact and use Linux as a second option.

In the DTB, I also added eMMC support, so you have full access to it from Linux. This means you can dd everything to the eMMC if you want.

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