Homebrew Wii U Linux

[Billy Acuña]

this is pretty big news why isn't this on the front page, the switch linux tease is already front page, give the wii u a little love it aint dead yet or this wouldn't even exist, still though this pretty sweet.

Because switchax is "cool" and wiiu is an "crappy dead" console.
The whole Switch thing is a non-stop hype train while the WiiU was forget as soon as Nintendo stopped to support it.
I was kinda sad with that fact but ultimately nice wiiu stuff is coming (Linux-wiiu, WiiUPluginSystem and boot1hax)

 

[Osakasan]

Waiting for instructions for Windows users before jumping in

 

[ploggy]

I've managed to get a far as loading the kernel but I haven't got Linux set up to write the Distro to USB.
Is it possible to turn the Debian.tar.zx into a IMG so I can write it with Win32Diskimager?

 

[rw-r-r_0644]

I've managed to get a far as loading the kernel but I haven't got Linux set up to write the Distro to USB.
Is it possible to turn the Debian.tar.zx into a IMG so I can write it with Win32Diskimager?

There you go
https://mega.nz/#!OIZTnSwR!qoPctyyz-CRpAWmekSBldFd7-NrtXDUx4nAlObkzTh4

Spoiler: checksums

MD5: 46eeaa77c148905686fa30def2c0cba8  debian-wiiu-2018-02-03.img
SHA1: 7e7e8a6c584ca791c8d890bafab99891af7a0ff8  debian-wiiu-2018-02-03.img
SHA256: 7f4ff507daaf4b802b7b14a22ca1cda2480e873bedd4cca0de39f70765d2c08e  debian-wiiu-2018-02-03.img

The image is for a 4gib usb drive, so if yours is larger to use the whole space you'll have to manually resize the filesystem on the Wii U after booting linux

(warning: I didn't have any free usb drive to test the image, so it may also not work..)

 

[ploggy]

There you go
https://mega.nz/#!OIZTnSwR!qoPctyyz-CRpAWmekSBldFd7-NrtXDUx4nAlObkzTh4

Spoiler: checksums

MD5: 46eeaa77c148905686fa30def2c0cba8  debian-wiiu-2018-02-03.img
SHA1: 7e7e8a6c584ca791c8d890bafab99891af7a0ff8  debian-wiiu-2018-02-03.img
SHA256: 7f4ff507daaf4b802b7b14a22ca1cda2480e873bedd4cca0de39f70765d2c08e  debian-wiiu-2018-02-03.img

The image is for a 4gib usb drive, so if yours is larger to use the whole space you'll have to manually resize the filesystem on the Wii U after booting linux

(warning: I didn't have any free usb drive to test the image, so it may also not work..)

Thank You I'll give it a go

 

[SimisFul]

I can't seem to make it work. :'(

 

[Billy Acuña]

There you go
https://mega.nz/#!OIZTnSwR!qoPctyyz-CRpAWmekSBldFd7-NrtXDUx4nAlObkzTh4

Spoiler: checksums

MD5: 46eeaa77c148905686fa30def2c0cba8  debian-wiiu-2018-02-03.img
SHA1: 7e7e8a6c584ca791c8d890bafab99891af7a0ff8  debian-wiiu-2018-02-03.img
SHA256: 7f4ff507daaf4b802b7b14a22ca1cda2480e873bedd4cca0de39f70765d2c08e  debian-wiiu-2018-02-03.img

The image is for a 4gib usb drive, so if yours is larger to use the whole space you'll have to manually resize the filesystem on the Wii U after booting linux

(warning: I didn't have any free usb drive to test the image, so it may also not work..)

Can I have the ext4 partition along with a fat32 one?

 

[rw-r-r_0644]

I can't seem to make it work. :'(

Where does it get stuck?

Can I have the ext4 partition along with a fat32 one?

Sure. You can either do it on a linux computer (recommend) or do it on linux for wii u.

 

[ploggy]

Where does it get stuck?


Sure. You can either do it on a linux computer (recommend) or do it on linux for wii u.

How do you connect the internet? it says in the guide to tether with bluetooth?
Would the USB Ethernet adaptor work?

 

[rw-r-r_0644]

How do you connect the internet? it says in the guide to tether with bluetooth?

Yeah. It's kind-of-slow though (dial-up speeds...)
You can follow standard tutorials online to share internet via bluetoeth with android and linux

Soon enough we should start to include usb net adapters support

 

[ploggy]

Yeah. It's kind-of-slow though (dial-up speeds...)
You can follow standard tutorials online to share internet via bluetoeth with android and linux

Soon enough we should start to include usb net adapters support

Thanks I'll probably wait for that then.. I'm trying to get LXDE or some sort of GUI up an running

 

[huma_dawii]

So how do i install this?

 

[TylerZM]

A port of Linux 4.11.6 to the Wii U baremetal.

simply read here for info : https://gitlab.com/linux-wiiu/linux-wiiu#wii-u-linux

thanks alot to QuarktheAwesome and rw-r-r_0644.

I keep getting this error.

 

[rw-r-r_0644]

I keep getting this error.

The error means it failed to load the linux kernel. Make sure you place the linux kernel image from here in sd:/linux renamed as "kernel" (with no extension) (so the file should be in sd:/linux/kernel)

 

[Gunstorm]

great news!!!!!

 

[TylerZM]

The error means it failed to load the linux kernel. Make sure you place the linux kernel image from here in sd:/linux renamed as "kernel" (with no extension) (so the file should be in sd:/linux/kernel)

Okay, what do I do after this?

 

[markehmus]

The error means it failed to load the linux kernel. Make sure you place the linux kernel image from here in sd:/linux renamed as "kernel" (with no extension) (so the file should be in sd:/linux/kernel)

any other way to get tha file ? , i only see

 

[Billy Acuña]

any other way to get tha file ? , i only see

https://gitlab.com/linux-wiiu/linux-wiiu/-/jobs/artifacts/master/raw/dtbImage.wiiu?job=master-build

 

[markehmus]

https://gitlab.com/linux-wiiu/linux-wiiu/-/jobs/artifacts/master/raw/dtbImage.wiiu?job=master-build

thanks but same denial picture ...

...even after i registered

 

[Gunstorm]

thanks but same denial picture ...

...even after i registered

the link change, check the last commit
https://gitlab.com/linux-wiiu/linux-wiiu/commit/00641e96c92d71beca9e9c6987a730ec6b4f84eb

 

[SimisFul]

Where does it get stuck?


Sure. You can either do it on a linux computer (recommend) or do it on linux for wii u.

I just can't get linux to start at all. There could be no sd card in the console and the result would be the same.