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Docs relating to installing linux onto the Dell venue 8 pro

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README.md

This is a very interesting tablet, especially for those who are not familiar with it. It is one of the rare devices that exclusively have 32-bit UEFI without legacy BIOS, which makes it a bit challenging to install anything that isn’t specifically designed for it. While 32-bit distros and 32-bit Windows seem to work well, you’re here because you’re looking for something different, right?

• HOST: Dell Venue 8 Pro 3845
• CPU: Intel Atom Z3735G (4) @ 1.832GHz 🐌
• GPU: Not provided by neofetch :/
• RAM: 1GB 😲
• RES: 800×1280
• STORAGE: 32GB internal eMMC + SD card reader (NOT BOOTABLE, DO NOT TRY 😠 )

Requirements for tomfoolery

• Micro-USB to USB adapter
• USB splitter/hub
• USB stick of at least 4GB, but preferably more
• Brain (only a little, don’t worry)

To be honest, I haven’t tried many. I attempted PostmarketOS, Android x86 (didn’t work for me), and Debian (could have installed it if desired). I have heard that Fedora is a good option, but I haven’t personally tested it.

Figuring out how to boot from USB isn’t easy, but it’s not difficult either. Here are the steps:

1. Plug in the adapter, hub, USB stick, and any other USB accessories you want.
2. Press and hold the Windows button on the side, then press the power button for a few seconds.
3. Release the Windows button and quickly press the volume up button.
4. Read the text on the screen and select the option with «USB» in its name.
5. Profit?

It’s relatively simple. You just need to have bootia32.efi in your boot partition, and everything should work. Alternatively, you can try to find a 32-bit distro, but good luck with that.

Installing PostmarketOS ‼️ ‼️ ‼️

1. Install pmbootstrap.
2. Run pmbootstrap init with options from config.txt.
3. Run pmbootstrap install —sdcard=/dev/sdc , replacing sdc with your USB device.
4. Boot the USB on the tablet.
5. Establish network, then repeat steps 1-3 ON THE TABLET, but set —sdcard=/dev/mmcblkX (without the SD card inserted, it will be the only one).
6. Use shutdown from the system to ensure the flashing process finishes.
7. Profit?

Additional Notes on PostmarketOS 📝

As of now, not everything works or works well on PostmarketOS. I intend to contribute and improve some aspects, but I cannot make any promises. Getting it to function at all was a combined effort between me and @craftyguy on the PostmarketOS matrix.

I don’t have a specific TODO list yet, but I would like to make the power button work normally, enable auto-rotation, and maybe get the cameras functioning. However, no promises.

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Docs relating to installing linux onto the Dell venue 8 pro

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Arch Linux

I have a Dell Venue 8 Pro and there is installed windows 8.1.

Since I want to install Arch, I disabled the secure boot but when I try to boot Archlinux usb for the installation, the tablet keeps booting windows.
I found this guide but it seems to be old.

Useful information:
CPU: Intel Atom Z3740D Processor (2MB Cache, up to 1.8GHz Quad-Core)
RAM: 2 GB DDR3L SDRAM

Last edited by Superjolly002 (2020-04-29 18:28:02)

See, I’m not a monster. I’m just ahead of the curve.

#2 2020-04-24 16:33:35

Re: [SOLVED]Install Archlinux on Dell Venue 8 Pro (5830)

Everything you need know to install Arch is documented in the Arch wiki installation guide

Last edited by f33dm3bits (2020-04-24 16:34:06)

#3 2020-04-24 17:01:19

Re: [SOLVED]Install Archlinux on Dell Venue 8 Pro (5830)

The problem keeps persisting, because the tablet doesn’t boot the archlinux iso

See, I’m not a monster. I’m just ahead of the curve.

#4 2020-04-25 13:05:22

Lone_Wolf Member From: Netherlands, Europe Registered: 2005-10-04 Posts: 11,078

Re: [SOLVED]Install Archlinux on Dell Venue 8 Pro (5830)

The guide Superjolly002 posted does mention an important detail :

You’ll need a 32-bit UEFI bootloader, there’s a couple of options to get that sorted.

It seems the dell venue 8 Pro is one of the (rare) systems that uses a 32-bit uefi firmware.

Archiso doesn’t support that, but there are workarounds .
Read https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Un … _Interface thoroughly to find them.

Sidenote :
While the installation guide doesn’t state 32-bit uefi as a special case, it does link to the uefi page.

Disliking systemd intensely, but not satisfied with alternatives so focusing on taming systemd.

(A works at time B) && (time C > time B ) ≠ (A works at time C)

#5 2020-04-27 10:37:50

Re: [SOLVED]Install Archlinux on Dell Venue 8 Pro (5830)

Thank you so much, I finally booted the usb.
But now there is a new problem, it doesn’t load the kernel.
This is the error:

error: no such device: ARCH_202002. error: file `/arch/boot/x86_64/vmlinuz` not found. error: you need to load the kernel first. 

insmod part_gpt insmod part_msdos insmod fat insmod efi_gop insmod efi_uga insmod video_bochs insmod video_cirrus insmod font if loadfont "$/fonts/unicode.pf2" ; then insmod gfxterm set gfxmode="1024x768x32;auto" terminal_input console terminal_output gfxterm fi menuentry "Arch Linux archiso x86_64 UEFI USB" < set gfxpayload=keep search --no-floppy --set=root --label ARCH_202002 linux /arch/boot/x86_64/vmlinuz archisobasedir=arch archisolabel=ARCH_202002 add_efi_memmap initrd /arch/boot/intel_ucode.img /arch/boot/x86_64/archiso.img >

P.s: my arch iso: archlinux-2020.02.01-x86_64.iso

See, I’m not a monster. I’m just ahead of the curve.

#6 2020-04-27 11:08:07

Lone_Wolf Member From: Netherlands, Europe Registered: 2005-10-04 Posts: 11,078

Re: [SOLVED]Install Archlinux on Dell Venue 8 Pro (5830)

Maybe the label is not what we think it is .

The archiso label can be aquired from the .iso file with isoinfo from cdrtools or iso-info from libcdio.

$ isoinfo -d -i /path/to/archlinux/isofile

Last edited by Lone_Wolf (2020-04-27 11:08:38)

Disliking systemd intensely, but not satisfied with alternatives so focusing on taming systemd.

(A works at time B) && (time C > time B ) ≠ (A works at time C)

#7 2020-04-27 11:51:29

Re: [SOLVED]Install Archlinux on Dell Venue 8 Pro (5830)

Setting input-charset to 'UTF-8' from locale. CD-ROM is in ISO 9660 format System id: Volume id: ARCH_202002 Volume set id: Publisher id: ARCH LINUX Data preparer id: PREPARED BY MKARCHISO Application id: ARCH LINUX LIVE/RESCUE CD Copyright File id: Abstract File id: Bibliographic File id: Volume set size is: 1 Volume set sequence number is: 1 Logical block size is: 2048 Volume size is: 330752 El Torito VD version 1 found, boot catalog is in sector 40 NO Joliet present SUSP signatures version 1 found Rock Ridge signatures version 1 found Rock Ridge id 'RRIP_1991A' Eltorito validation header: Hid 1 Arch 0 (x86) ID '' Cksum AA 55 OK Key 55 AA Eltorito defaultboot header: Bootid 88 (bootable) Boot media 0 (No Emulation Boot) Load segment 0 Sys type 0 Nsect 4 Bootoff 8029 32809

The label is correct, what else could it be?

See, I’m not a monster. I’m just ahead of the curve.

#8 2020-04-27 12:16:16

Re: [SOLVED]Install Archlinux on Dell Venue 8 Pro (5830)

While it certainly won’t hurt to do this the long way on your own, if you want to get a working Arch Linux ISO for 32bit EFI systems, you can use archisomod from https://gitlab.com/HOMEINFO/archiso-tools
I wrote this script a while ago for my company since we also deployed some systems using 32bit EFIs.

Last edited by schard (2020-04-27 12:16:34)

#9 2020-04-27 18:06:39

Re: [SOLVED]Install Archlinux on Dell Venue 8 Pro (5830)

Thank you, I have created an iso that I can boot correctly.
Just one thing, when I boot the iso I have to change the boot options and replace i386 with x86_64.

I executed the following command:

sudo ./archisomod -v -e i386 ~/archlinux-2020.02.01-x86_64.iso ~/archlinux.iso

Anyway, I followed all the instructions of Archlinux installation except for the grub installation where I did :

grub-install --target=i386-efi --efi-directory=/boot --bootloader-id=ArchLinux --recheck grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

But when I boot the micro sd, it does boot windows.

EDIT: I finally installed archlinux, the solution to my problem is described in this post, thanks to everyone

Last edited by Superjolly002 (2020-04-29 18:27:42)

See, I’m not a monster. I’m just ahead of the curve.

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