Requirements:

• have the “Special Edition firmware developer” installed.
• Download the files available here Initramfs and zImage

Step 1

Flash initramfs.cpio.gz and zImage from SDE boot menu:

• power on  Archos device, hold up/- volume key  until you see “Archos AXXXX – Boot Menu”,
• choose with Volume +/- “Recovery System”->“Developer Edition Menu”->“Flash Kernel and Initramfs”,
• connect Archos to PC and copy zImage and initramfs.cpio.gz
• press power button shortly, you should see Archos flashing new kernel
• if flashed properly, press power button shortly to reboot.

Step 2

Create a file “menu.lst” to the root of your Archos (ie next to your file “rootfs.img”).

My file looks like this :

Angstrom Linux|/dev/sda1|/rootfs.img|/sbin/init|1
Debian|/dev/sda1|/Debian.img|/sbin/init|1
Kubuntu|/dev/sda1|/Kubuntu.img|/sbin/init|1

Kubuntu which is the text displayed in the bootmenu, “/dev/sda1” is the address of the files “xxx.img”, “Kubuntu.img” is the name of the file “xxx.img” to load, “/sbin/init ” is the address of the file starting linux in the file” xxx.img “, default “/sbin/init ” for linux and “/ init” for Android and add last “1″ for Linux and “0″ Android.

It’s done, Enjoy! And thanks to OpenAOS

Go Back

Follow the step 1 but with this file :zImage/initramfs

In summary, Wheezy debian, xfce4 and many improvements.
See you in the download section and the forum for more information about this new version.

A server now hosts files, and those in direct download!

Fedora 13 works well in console mode only, because i have got some trouble with the installation of the gnome desktop environment.

I will soon give you more information by the wiki.

I check every day for the come of debian gnome-shell!

I’ll let you know!!

Available in Download section.

Thanx to Salvatore for this good job.

Changes to the image:

- installation of xfce4, xfce4-goodies

- customization of xfce env (walpaper cleaner, etc…)

- installation of bum (boot Up Manager) to manage services launched at boot time

- installation of xserver-xorg-video-omapfb (or xserver-xorg-video-omap3) and adition in etc/X11/ of
the SDE xorg.conf with additionally Option “fb” “/dev/fb0″ in the device section

- adapted the /etc/fstab to have:
/dev/hda1 / ext2 noatime 0 1
tmpfs /tmp tmpfs defaults,noatime 0 0
tmpfs /var/tmp tmpfs defaults,noatime 0 0
tmpfs /var/log tmpfs defaults,noatime 0 0
tmpfs /var/mail tmpfs defaults,noatime 0 0

- Adaptation of the /etc/default/rcS with:
RAMRUN=yes
RAMLOCK=yes

- aptitude install vlc, blender, openoffice, wicd, guvcview, xvkbd literki matchbox-keyboard

- aptitude install default-jre (for java), including freemind (working)

- aptitude purge

- aptitude clean

- aptitude autoclean

- manual installation of clickity
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawik…itle=Main_Page

- update of the literki configuration file to make it large as the screen and high as a middlescreen, and

auto launch of literki at start-up

- tried to install the wifi but it failed

- tried to totally uninstall gnome-desktop-environment with
aptitude purge gnome-desktop-environment
but everything from gnome was not removed… I didn’t spend time to clean it…

- I think that’s all

Version 2.0 april 15, 2011

Wifi integrated Management by GUI wicd

sudo command enabled

250MB swap file added

Matchbox-keyboard visual keybord added

Suite installation OpenOffice.Org for ARM platform

A wiki and bug tracker has even opened.

This site is the second version of the dev.katlea-studio.com but this time, fully dedicated to the topic and hopefully more clear and more accessible!

As well you find a page for downloading and a wiki for installation and development!