Two queries about Android installation

[Davide Scaini]

On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Neil Jerram <neiljerram at googlemail.com>wrote:

> I'm interested in taking a look at Android...
>
> 1. The installation instructions seem to involve both a full SD card
> (which will be completely overwritten) and flashing the NAND.  What I
> don't understand is whether the SD card is only needed during
> installation, or if the same SD card needs to stay in the phone
> afterwards, when booting Android from NAND.
>

it's needed also after.


>
> 2. I understand that the Android installation flashes a modified
> version of the Qi bootloader.  Can this modified version still boot
> other distributions, in particular Debian?
>

yes, i tried it some time ago... but you have to switch sd (and that it's
what i'm trying to avoid :) )


>
> Basically the situation is that I want to keep Debian (on SD) as my
> main distribution, but have Android in NAND for trying out.  I have
> another SD card (512Mb) that I can use just for the Android install,
> but after that I'd like to put the Debian SD card back in.
>
> Thanks for any answers and advice!
>
>    Neil
>
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