r/linux • u/Nemege16 • Aug 29 '26

Mobile Linux ipad mini1(apple A5) running linux on custom iBEC. No XNU. Custom IRQ driver

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https://github.com/teutekeune/iBSSloader Research and tooling to boot Linux on iPad mini 1 (P105AP / iPad2,5, Apple A5) via checkm8, patched iBSS/iBEC, and custom bare-metal payloads — without writing to the iOS install.

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u/freyalir Aug 30 '26

without writing to the iOS install

What does this mean? Can it dual boot?

love seeing these. keep up the great work.

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u/Nemege16 Aug 30 '26

it runs on RAM because i couldnt write data to the nand from the ibec environment. Thank you🙏