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LividJava / NS-P11W7100.md
Created May 25, 2022 17:07
Installing 64-bit Void Linux on the dumb Best Buy NS-P11W7100

The Issue.

For the longest time since I've owned this damn tablet I've been trying my damnest to install a 64-bit operating system on this thing. It's a 64-bit processor with a damn, 32-bit UEFI, bascially meaning the thing will refuse to boot from 64-bit EFI files. Trying to boot 32-bit OSes just kinda defeats the purpose of this project.

Why Void Linux?

It wasn't my first choice but rather the one that was forced upon me. That isn't to discredit Void it's a great distibution with zero bloat and for one of the "DIY" Installs, the void installer is actually pretty handy way better than archinstall. Trying to boot Arch or Arch32 or Manjaro, or anything just was not detected by the firmware, and headache after headache they still refused to boot. I actually did manage to get Manjaro 32-bit installed, but it was just completely unusable. ArchLinux32 just refused to even be detected. At some point I just started looking around for Non-Debian distributions that supported 32-bit processors. Which suprisin

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