General FAQ

Below is a list of Questions we regularly get asked, please read these before submitting a support ticket.

• Basic FAQ
• App FAQ
• Advanced FAQ
• Boot Script FAQ
• Linux Image FAQ

[Basic FAQ]

This is for general questions about the project, please read this before sending a support email!

[App FAQ]

For any questions related to the app (Complete Linux Installer), the VNC app and other app related issues.

[Advanced FAQ]

For more advanced questions, including how to increase the image sizes, how to open PDF files, how to escape from the chroot environment, how users and groups work, and how to easily encrypt data.

[Boot Script FAQ]

For any questions related to the boot scripts including any errors you get during booting.

[Linux Image FAQ]

For any questions to do with the linux images themselves (errors you get within linux etc)

[Richie]

On my system (a Motorola Milestone 2 (Linux localhost 2.6.32.9-g6685cb4 #1 PREEMPT Wed Feb 23 19:43:51 IST 2011 armv7l GNU/Linux_)) mount -t ext2 /dev/block/loop255 /data/local/mnt fails with …

mount: mounting /dev/block/loop255 on /data/local/mnt failed: No such device
Error: Unable to mount the loop device!

calling cat /proc/filesystems, we see ext2 is not supported …

localhost / # cat /proc/filesystems 
nodev   sysfs
nodev   rootfs
nodev   bdev
nodev   proc
nodev   cgroup
nodev   tmpfs
nodev   binfmt_misc
nodev   sockfs
nodev   usbfs
nodev   pipefs
nodev   anon_inodefs
nodev   inotifyfs
nodev   devpts
        ext3
nodev   ramfs
        vfat
        msdos
        yaffs
        yaffs2
nodev   cifs

we can convert an ext2 filesystem to ext3 with the command …

tune2fs -j /dev/block/loop255

mount -t ext2 /dev/block/loop255 /data/local/mnt now completes successfully

[guan kevin]

On my system (mediapad 10 FHD mount -t ext2 /dev/block/loop255 /data/local/mnt fails with …
mount: mounting /dev/block/loop255 on /data/local/mnt failed: No such device

calling cat /proc/filesystems, ext2 is not supported … only suopport ext4, what I can do to fix this problem?

[Lesiba Mahapa]

I am using a Galaxy Tab 3 (GT-P5220). I am trying to boot into Ubuntu-13.04. I have managed to get all my errors fixed except for:

chroot: can't execute 'root/init.sh': No such file or directory

I don't know where to find init.sh and it's not on the bootscripts page.

I am new at this, so any insight will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[devinstudio]

Still error after change from ext4 to ext3 need more help why?

[manmeet]

OAny idea can't boot into kalilinux rooted device with busybox

[manmeet]

This device i had