[General Topics] ppmendonca:
This is what I've tried - unsuccessfuly

I've been avoiding rooting the tablet on acount of being a noob and not having confidence that I'll get MD to work, even if I do.

I used a ready made Debian image (http://sourceforge.net/projects/bochs/files/Disk%20Images/Debian%20Linux/debian-3.0r0.tar.gz/download) because I don't believe I'll be able to get it right the first time (specially inside a VM). I configured Limbo as you suggested above and tried all the network cards with the same results. I can send screen shots of this configuration if needed.

The readme.txt file wasn't helpful in a way I could understand:

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Debian 3.0r0 image from Robert Millan

This is a 504MB image of an x86 Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 system. The

root password is blank. Note that the ips value is 3 million --

although this is higher than my hardware (PIII 600) is capable of,

the kernel sometimes hangs while calibrating its delay loop with

lower ips values.

December 2002: repacked by Eric Northup in preperation for the

Bochs 2.0 release.

Notes from Bryce 12/15/2002:

Networking is installed in the guest OS, but you will need to turn on an

"ne2k" line in the bochsrc before you can use it. Then in the guest OS,

set up the ethernet interface. The correct network setup depends on

how your physical network is organized. For example, let's say the

local network is 192.168.0.xxx, you know that 192.168.0.99 is unused, and

The gateway machine is 192.168.0.1. Then these commands would work to set

up networking inside the guest OS.

# ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.99

# route add default gw 192.168.0.1

Edit /etc/resolv.conf to point to your nameserver.

X windows is installed and configured. Just type startx to start it.

The installed X server needs VESA support; to get VESA support in Bochs

you must use the LGPL VGA BIOS.

- hint: use "nohup startx" to save any the error messages

I set up "apt" to download new packages from the network instead of

from cdrom. If you have debian cdroms, you may want to uncomment

the cdrom lines in /etc/apt/sources.list. To install new packages

type "apt-get install PACKAGE".

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I've also altered the bochsrc.txt file as per the instructions in the readme.txt file that was part of the Debian download package:

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megs: 32

romimage: file=$BXSHARE/BIOS-bochs-latest

# with the LGPL BIOS, X windows can be used

vgaromimage: file=$BXSHARE/VGABIOS-lgpl-latest

floppya: type=1_44

ata0: enabled=1, ioaddr1=0x1f0, ioaddr2=0x3f0, irq=14

ata0-master: type=disk, path="debian-3.0r0.img", cylinders=1024, heads=16, spt=63

# ata0-slave: type=cdrom, path=/dev/cdrom, status=inserted

boot: c

log: bochsout.txt

panic: action=ask

error: action=report

info: action=report

debug: action=ignore

pci: enabled=1, chipset=i440fx

vga: extension=vbe, update_freq=15

keyboard: serial_delay=250, paste_delay=100000

cpu: ips=15000000

clock: sync=slowdown

mouse: enabled=1

# Networking: Choose one that is supported on your host OS and uncomment it.

# ne2k: ioaddr=0x280, irq=5, mac=b0:c4:20:00:00:00, ethmod=fbsd, ethdev=xl0

ne2k: ioaddr=0x280, irq=5, mac=b0:c4:20:00:00:00, ethmod=linux, ethdev=eth0

# ne2k: ioaddr=0x280, irq=5, mac=b0:c4:20:00:00:00, ethmod=vnet, ethdev=

# ne2k: ioaddr=0x280, irq=5, mac=b0:c4:20:00:00:01, ethmod=win32, ethdev=MYCARD

# ne2k: ioaddr=0x280, irq=5, mac=fe:fd:00:00:00:01, ethmod=tap, ethdev=tap0

# ne2k: ioaddr=0x280, irq=5, mac=fe:fd:00:00:00:01, ethmod=tuntap, ethdev=tun0, script=./tunconfig

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I've failed to give what might be an important piece of info: my tablet only has access to the internet via wifi. It doesn't even have a ethernet socket.

I've been reading up on getting wifi to work on this installation but only got more frustrated. It seems I have to do some sort of configuration on the host OS (Android 4.1.1) that is beyond my current knowhow.

Another detail is that I don't have USB Debbuging on.

The versions on my tablet are:

Android 4.1.1

Baseband 33500_0.38.0_0117

Wifi v7.1.0.65

Kernel 3.1.10

android@Venus))

#1 SMP PREEMPT Teu Feb 5 20:30:51 CST 2013

Build number JRO03C.US_epad-10.4.3.10.7-20130205

My Wifi connection has an IP 192.168.0.13 and is WPA / WPA2 PSK.

I didn't quite understand your comments on the Java aspect of the MD installation, if and when I can get Debian to run.

Being it the case that MD was written in Java, should I consider installing a Java emulator instead of an OS emulator?