Unlock android

Enable USB debug on android OS

` adb reboot bootloader fastboot oem unlock `

Install Custom Recovery (Multirom)

Power off nexus 7
Combine power and vol down to go to bootloader
Flash twrp recovery (Google: flo nexus 7 twrp)

` fastboot flash recovery ~/Downloads/nexus7/twrp-3.0.0-0-flo.img `

Root device: go to bootloader -> recovery mode (twrp) -> install SuperSu zip file (Google: supersu)

adb push ~/Downloads/nexus7/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.65-20151226141550.zip /sdcard/Download

Install Multirom from GooglePlay
Install Busybox from GooglePlay, open busybox app, process to install
Note:
- In the recovery mode => press both power and up vol for 3 seconds, then release up vol, but keep power button.

Build custom initramfs

` cd ~/Repo/arch-flo/systemd-initramfs/ && find . | cpio -o -H newc | gzip > ~/Downloads/nexus7/initrd.img `

` adb push ~/Downloads/nexus7/initrd.img /sdcard/Download `

` mv /sdcard/Download/initrd.img /data/media/0/multirom/roms/Arch/boot/initrd.img `

Build flo kernel

` git clone https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/msm.git git branch -a git checkout android-msm-flo-3.4-marshmallow-mr2

git clone https://android.googlesource.com/platform/prebuilts/gcc/linux-x86/arm/arm-eabi-4.8

git checkout -b android-6.0.1_r16 a314b7c

make flo_defconfig

export ARCH=arm export SUBARCH=arm export CROSS_COMPILE=arm-eabi- export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/Repo/arm-eabi-4.8/bin make -j8 `

` adb push arch/arm/boot/zImage /sdcard/Download `

` mv /sdcard/Download/zImage /data/media/0/multirom/roms/Arch/boot/vmlinuz `

Check kernel version

` make kernelversion `

Multirom configuration

` adb push ~/Repo/arch-flo/multirom/rom_info.txt /sdcard/Download `

` mv /sdcard/Download/rom_info.txt /data/media/0/multirom/roms/Arch/rom_info.txt `

Prepare Multirom folder for Arch installation

` mkdir -p /data/media/0/multirom/roms/Arch mkdir -p /data/media/0/multirom/roms/Arch/root mkdir -p /data/media/0/multirom/roms/Arch/boot `

Prepare ARM Arch image

Use trimslice package from Arch Linux ARM

` wget http://archlinuxarm.org/os/ArchLinuxARM-trimslice-latest.tar.gz `

Create 10G image file for Arch file system

On host machine

dd if=/dev/zero of=root.img bs=2M seek=1000 count=1 mkfs.ext4 root.img adb push root.img /sdcard/Download `

Repeare loop256 for mounting Arch file

` busybox mknod /dev/loop256 b 7 256 busybox losetup /dev/loop256 /data/media/0/multirom/roms/Arch/root.img `

Mount Arch system

` busybox mount -t ext4 -o rw,noatime /dev/block/loop256 /data/media/0/multirom/roms/Arch/root `

Note: mount can be blocked by selinux, need to be unblocked

` dmesg | tail | grep audit supolicy –live ‘allow kernel media_rw_data_file file read’ `

` busybox gunzip /sdcard/Download/ArchLinuxARM-trimslice-latest.tar.gz -c | busybox tar x -f - -C /data/media/0/multirom/roms/Arch/root `

Adding directories

` CHROOT=/data/media/0/multirom/roms/Arch/root busybox mkdir -p ${CHROOT}/media/sdcard busybox mkdir -p ${CHROOT}/media/system busybox mkdir -p ${CHROOT}/dev/pts busybox mkdir ${CHROOT}/dev/ptmx `

Mounting extra file systems

` busybox mount -o bind /dev/ ${CHROOT}/dev busybox mount -t proc proc ${CHROOT}/proc busybox mount -t sysfs sysfs ${CHROOT}/sys busybox mount -t devpts devpts ${CHROOT}/dev/pts busybox mount -o bind /sdcard ${CHROOT}/media/sdcard `

Installing packages and upgrading system

` cd $CHROOT echo “nameserver 8.8.8.8” > af && mv af ${CHROOT}/etc/resolv.conf echo “nexus7” > af && mv af ${CHROOT}/etc/hostname `

Remove trimslice packages

` busybox rm -rf ${CHROOT}/opt/nvidia busybox rm -f ${CHROOT}/etc/ld.so.conf.d/nvidia-trimslice.conf `

Change root to Arch

` busybox chroot ${CHROOT} /usr/bin/env HOME=/root TERM=”$TERM” PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin /bin/bash pacman -Syu –ignore systemd –noconfirm base-devel xorg-server bspwm sxhkd zsh vim git tmux sudo wget lightdm `

Downgrade systemd to 212-3 as its version, 228-3 does not work with kernel 3.4 (Error as can not mount /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd). Get 212-3 on github https://github.com/omgmog/archarm-usb-hp-chromebook-11/

` wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/omgmog/archarm-usb-hp-chromebook-11/master/deps/systemd-212-3-armv7h.pkg.tar.xz rm -rf /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/remote-fs.target /usr/lib/libnss_myhostname.so.2 exists pacman -Ud systemd-211-3-armv7h.pkg.tar.xz `

Full preparation for change root

` export CHROOT=/data/media/0/multirom/roms/Arch/root supolicy –live ‘allow kernel media_rw_data_file file read’ busybox mount -t ext4 -o rw,loop /data/media/0/multirom/roms/Arch/root.img /data/media/0/multirom/roms/Arch/root busybox mount -o bind /dev/ ${CHROOT}/dev busybox mount -t proc proc ${CHROOT}/proc busybox mount -t sysfs sysfs ${CHROOT}/sys busybox mount -t devpts devpts ${CHROOT}/dev/pts busybox mount -o bind /sdcard ${CHROOT}/media/sdcard busybox mount -o bind /system ${CHROOT}/media/system busybox chroot ${CHROOT} /usr/bin/env HOME=/root TERM=”$TERM” PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin /bin/bash ` export CHROOT=/data/media/0/multirom/roms/Arch/root busybox chroot ${CHROOT} /usr/bin/env HOME=/root TERM=”$TERM” PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin /bin/bash

source /etc/profile; groupadd -g 3003 aid_inet groupadd -g 3004 inet groupadd -g 3005 inetadmin usermod -aG inet root usermod -aG inetadmin root

Install arch linux on android using trimslice package

export USER=tait useradd -m -g users -s /bin/zsh ${USER} # or /bin/bash… usermod -aG inet ${USER} usermod -aG inetadmin ${USER} usermod -aG aid_inet ${USER} usermod -aG wheel ${USER} sudoedit /etc/sudoers # uncomment %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL

mkdir ~/.vnc cp /media/sdcard/xstartup ~/.vnc cp /media/sdcard/init-vnc.sh ~/ vncpasswd # set password VNC ~/init-vnc.sh