Booting Puppy Linux on a MK-802

The author of that page said that he had to dink with his a bit… removing and re-inserting the micro SD card, power cycling the MK-802, etc. before it successfully booted into Ubuntu. Odd.

This version is meant for the A10 SoC and therefore for the version 1 of the MK802, which SoC do you have?

I believe you will find a detailed guide here.
I have already ordered a MK802 IIIS and I can’t wait.

I got the MK802 II, and so far I don't see any guides there for linux on that one. :(

This might help

OK this should work. Run Puppy on another machine and then use the installer it has in it. There is an option for all sorts of media. Install it to what you want. Doing that will make that media bootable. If that doesn’t work then someone on this forum will be able to help.

BTW, I love Puppy and it is on, and bootable from, my EDC pendrive.

Ok, I tested all of the different Lubuntu versions from this article.

https://www.miniand.com/forums/forums/2/topics/1

I'm testing out creating a bootable disk within puppy linux now.

Ok, puppy linux is a no go. :( Anyone have any ideas?

“Anyone have any ideas?”

The forum I suggested certainly wiil. They’re a great bunch.

And it CAN be done. Here’s Puppy running on an MK802.

How about dsl (damn small linux)?

Ok, just tried another build meant specifically for these which also didn't work. :( I'm gonna register on that forum now and ask.

what about picuntu

btw. I have just received IMITO MX1 last week :slight_smile:

Ok, just posted on that forum asking for help. :)

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=84313

I just found this page. It may help.

What kind of evil person boots poor little puppies?

Just tired Puppi Sap which also didn't work, it just booted straight into android. :(

What utility are you using to write the image file to your Micro SD card? If you put the card back into your regular computer, what do see on it?

Here’s my ideas, with what I consider the most likely explanations first:

- problem with writing the image to the card (maybe try a different image writing program)

- corrupted image (check md5sum/sha256sum)

- booting from SD disabled somehow in firmware (?)

  • hardware problem with the MK-802 card slot

One more thought, although this seems unlikely:

I’ve got an older laptop that won’t boot from an SD card bigger than 4GB. I would think that a current device wouldn’t have that problem, but who knows.

Your trials and tribulations remind me of putting Cyanogenmod firmware on my B&N Nook Color, trying to make a cheap tablet. I did finally beat it into submission, but it was a frustrating process.

I have been using Win32ImageWriter which I have used successfully in the past for other things. I know it can boot off of SD as that is how it was made, it checks the SD card slot for a OS first and then if there isn't one it boots into Android. I doubt it is a hardware problem as I can see files/save files to SD cards if I put them in there. I'll try to find another copy of Win32ImageWriter though.

Scaru, have you tried unetbootin ?
I’ve done several distros to USB with it.