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Access boot menu on andriod box

  • 27-05-2018 9:00pm
    #1
    FyFyTa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 176 ✭✭


    Hi, just wondering if anyone has any pointers.
    I have a T8 PRO android box, I have Ubuntu on a USB.
    How can I access the boot menu on the box in order to run Ubuntu as desktop off the box or can it even be done??
    Many thanks in advance for any comments / links.
    Thanks again.:D:D
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  • #2
    FyFyTa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 176 ✭✭FyFyTa


    Thanks for that info, Ill have a look in that direction so.


  • #3
    croo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 1,336 Mod ✭✭✭✭croo


    I think you may be able to run ubuntu on a rasperrypi, though I've never tried myself. I generally stick to Raspbian.

    But the tricky bit in your question is getting the pi to boot from the USB device.

    Again, never tried it, but so long as you have a running system already (by way of the SD card), with full privileges, it seems it can be configured to do so.

    if you do try it do come back and let us all know how it turned out!


  • #4
    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,048 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    There is some work being done on the LibreElec and CoreELEC (fork of LE) JEOS (for Kodi) releases for Amlogic devices, but those I have seen concentrate on the S9xx chips and not the S812 as in that box.

    Nonetheless you might find some useful information from there regarding how you might access and edit the boot instructions on Amlogic devices.


  • #5
    croo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 1,336 Mod ✭✭✭✭croo


    sugarman wrote: »
    You can on a Pi, but he hasn't got a Pi!
    Yeah, sorry. I completely misread that. I must have had Pi on the brain from something else! :)


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