[Arm-netbook] Questions

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

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On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 3:16 PM, Wolfgang Romey <hier at wolfgangromey.de> wrote:
> Hello Christian,
>
> Am Donnerstag, 4. August 2016, 15:07:28 schrieb Christian Kellermann:
>
>> > Can I boot different OSs?
>>
>> Of course! This is a free device and you can install whatever happens
>> to run on the A20. Have a look at the updates section where Luke has
>> demonstrated different OSs running on the card already.
>
> I did not made clear, that I asked for a double boot system: Parabola from the
> NAND and debian from the SD-Card for example (and sugar-OS from another card).
> Or is double-boot from one sd-card possible?

 ok yes that happens automatically due to the boot-ROM on the A20.
first it looks for MicroSD, if that's not there it looks for NAND.

 yes you could double-boot from one sd-card, you'd be using u-boot to
do it, and you'd need to be doing it by command-line but it's
perfectly possible.


>>
>> > Will it be possible to activate the 3D acceleration on the debian card?
>>
>> In principle on both cards as they are identical hardware wise. But
>> you will need access to a proprietary driver that is not part of the
>> software package.
>
> I think, in debian I could find that proprietary driver in debian non-free.
> That seems to the reason, why luke cannot get the RYF certification for the
> debian card.

 correct.

l.