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Things are getting a bit better :)
You'll need to download:
sd.img.gz
exploit.tar.gz
Prepare an SD card:
- Unzip
sd.img.gz
- Use a disk writing tool (e.g.
dd
or Etch) to write this image to an SD card (which it will completely destroy the existing contents of) - Put the SD in your Switch
Boot Linux:
- Same hardware/software requirements as other fail0verflow based exploits (i.e. pyusb installed and an XHCI USB controller - e.g. any USB3.0 port)
- Trigger the Recovery Mode on your Switch:
- Short pin 10 of the right joycon slot, to ground
- Hold the Volume + button
- Press the Power button
- It works if you get a black screen. If you see a Nintendo logo, it didn't work
- Plug the Switch in to your Linux machine
- Extract
exploit.tar.gz
cd exploit/
sudo ./boot_linux.sh
You will see some status messages and if all is well, a few seconds later a Linux console should appear, then a few seconds after that, the Xorg/Gnome interface will load.
When you need it, the username is switch
and the password is switch
. SSH is enabled by default (but note that to get WiFi working, you need to reboot and when the screen goes black, re-run sudo ./boot_linux.sh
).
During that first boot, the root partition should expand itself to fill your SD card, and rotation is now correct in both the desktop session and the login screen.