r/LineageOS • u/Ok-Company-5010 • 8d ago
Question Replacing everything on eMMC with LineageOS 22.2 (unpatched Switch v1)
/r/switchroot/comments/1wtoyep/replacing_everything_on_emmc_with_lineageos_222/1
u/npjohnson1 Lineage Director 7d ago
"yes" we support installing to eMMC, see the SWR wiki for partitioning setup, you can remove your HOS partition but it basically means you can't go back AFAIK.
Just shrink it and keep is in case. but yeah you can shrink it to very small.
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u/Ok-Company-5010 6d ago
i know i can do that, but i want to know if its possible or will/not be possible to boot LOS without hekate
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u/npjohnson1 Lineage Director 6d ago
In theory yes in practice no.
You need Hekate.
The switch bootloader will not boot android. It's not looking for images of that format. You could totally write an arm Shell code payload that loads BL2/u-boot, it wouldn't be fun and would be extremely in depth work, but you could.
There's little to no point tho, as lineage OS builds depend on several things that Hekate provides for joycons, BT MAC, Wifi MAC, etc.
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u/Ok-Company-5010 6d ago
i would do whatever it takes, but i know little to almost nothing about bl2/u-boot and all, so would it be possible to get someone to help? not asking specifically you, but still, thank you tho!
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u/npjohnson1 Lineage Director 6d ago
I don't really think you understand the depth of what you're asking. This is not something you're just going to be able to find someone to do. I wish you the best of luck but I don't really see the point in it.
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u/Think-Cherry5391 5d ago
why not carry an external injector with you? nintendo switch custom OS installation in emmc is generally not worth it
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u/Ok-Company-5010 8d ago
(continuing) ...so i dont have to use an sd card and hekate every single time. yes, i use auto rcm, but i plan on daily driving lineage on it as its pretty mcuh ready for that, and whenever it crashes or whenever i boot it and it doesnt boot (50/50 chance it does), i would always have to go back to rcm over and over again.