Bootable OS images

= Linux =

When the image you download is made for a different type of device (eg. Cubieboard vs MK802) but using the same CPU (eg. A10) you should be able to use it after updating u-boot and script.bin from your particular hwpack.

Some images that use very little hardware like the headless server images might work without changes on many devices.

Arch

 * ArchLinuxARM

Berryboot
keep in mind berryboot is not a recommended boot image for A10 devices


 * Berryboot

Debian

 * Debian Wheezy with LXDE
 * Hackberry Debian Wheezy (Headless) image (discussion)
 * Mele headless: Debian wheezy (aka testing) armhf with nand install
 * Minimal Debian Wheezy "Server" image by rm
 * Standard-unmodified Debian Wheezy and XBMC, Apache2, Mysql-Server-Wheezy by Martin Wild

Fedora
[Fedora 18 images] by Hans De Goede

Linaro

 * Ubuntu and Linaro images by Martin Wild

Mer
mer-test images: http://pengpod.com/dl/images/

Tiny Core

 * ARMv7 Allwinner A10 official port

Ubuntu

 * Mele: Ubuntu 12.10 armhf base with nand install
 * MK802 Ubuntu Images by Miniand
 * Ubuntu and Linaro images by Martin Wild

= Android =

Android is typically installed to the internal nand flash using LiveSuit or PhoenixCard.

It is not easily possible to update the script.bin in LiveSuit images so you need an image for your particular device. Old android images would let the bootloader present on the nand set up memory controller so there is better chance of compatibility.

Cubieboard

 * Cubieboard download page Android TV box and testing images for LiveSuit (bottom of page) - HDMI TV output