On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 1:55 PM, Alexander Graf
On 13/11/2016 18:48, Tony Su wrote:
Probably not possible, but a simple Google search returns these hits...
A Windows RT Jailbreak tool http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2092158
You can try turning off "secure boot" in your BIOS settings
http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/06/yes-you-can-run-linux-on-your-microsoft-su...
And, applying general principles without at all looking at how an RT boots, I'd assume that it should be possible to chainload the Windows bootloader like x86 Windows. This assumes that the RT bootloader is likely the same as x86 Windows bootloaders so can be modified the same way. Don't know why there are no hits of anyone trying to do this.
Well, IIUC the jailbreak came years after release, so hardware was already not terribly interesting at that point. Also there are much more hackable alternatives around, so people never really cared.
Worse. The jailbreak came out early on, but it only allowed users to run unsigned userspace code inside RT. No significant value to a Linux hacker. And the jailbreak only works on the old RT 8 release, and probably and unpatched RT 8 OS at that. It definitely doesn't work on the Surface RT I'm working with. ( I tried it. :) ) I've read nothing that says an unsigned kernel can be booted on a Surface RT. It's either do it right, or don't do it.
However, I'm not going to stop you from porting anything over :). Patches are always welcome and if you manage to make Linux and openSUSE work on your Surface, I'm happy to help you integrate that work in our code stream.
Keep in mind though that the work necessary to get Linux ported to an undocumented new platform is above the 1 man-year level. If you know exactly what you're doing and have prior experience in such porting efforts.
Seriously? That is unbelievably hard.
Alex
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