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Boot Linux on Surface RT. Setup is a bit tedious but once the setup is complete it is very easy to use.
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Boot Linux on Surface RT. Setup is a bit tedious but once the setup is complete it is very easy to use.
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To boot Linux on Surface RT we use the Fusée Gelée cold boot exploit. See for further information.
Read all pages of the Linux topic carefully before you try to boot Linux
from your device
with correct devicetree
Create a
with correct devicetree
for ARM32
Create/Get
Insert SD Card into the SurfaceRT
Linux should be booted and be accessible via UART and/or show HDMI/Screen Console
Enjoy and fix issues.
Linux should be booted and be accessible via UART and/or show HDMI Console
Enjoy and fix issues.
Place zImage, devicetree and on first partition
extract on second partition
Go to to your directory
place your U-Boot '' in ./u-boot
Send UBoot to Surface RT use or
If you have you should see U-Boot boot process
Send UBoot to Surface RT using or
If you have you should see U-Boot boot process