Is there Linux available for the MINI210 (not S version) as I have 2 boards and I would like to get them running with Linux. The DVD image only contains Android for this board and the FTP site has nothing available. Would the MINI210S version work and give all the extra features that the MINI210 has?
Hi Dave I, like you, would really like to use the Mini210s platform. I think you will find the following very informative: http://bliterness.blogspot.com/2012/09/mini210s-and-open-source-issues.h...
Hi, I think it may be possible to run Linux on the Mini210. Maybe using the Android kernel with linux FS would work? Do you have source code to generate another kernel for linux? To install linux, for example Debian, you can use debootstrap method. Principles should be the same as for mini210s, only the kernel should change if I'm right.
Hi There are also bootloader issues. A lot of work has been done, much appreciated: http://www.friendlyarm.net/forum/topic/5092 I am not aware of any complete and tidy solution as yet.
There shouldn't actually be any bootloader issues, there should be a bootloader and a kernel out there for each version of nand on the 210 boards, not sure if it's best to think of them as one generic board type with different nand on it, that's really the only bit that will make any difference to success or failure. Take a look at the nand chip on the mini210 and report back with it, the nand chip will be the big 48pin thing, with samsung on it, the cpu/ram will be bga chips so the nand will be dead easy to recognise. the number will start something like K9GA, K9GB, K9K8, the first 2 types are MLC nand, the last one is SLC.
Anything that runs on the Mini210S and the Tiny210 boards should run on the Mini210 provided you use the kernel to match the NAND, as Reggie mentions. The only difference electronically is more I/O on the Mini210 (Dual uSD for example) and it will all get enumerated by Linux.