How to Get Linux for DSI
The Nintendo DSi is a handheld gaming console that features two digital cameras, two screens -- including a touch-sensitive lower screen -- an SD card slot and a game card slot. Just like other Nintendo consoles, the DSi is capable of running "homebrew," or user-generated, applications, and installing other operating systems such as Linux, as long as you have a MicroSD card and an R4 card with a USB adapter.
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Instructions
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Launch your Web browser and navigate to redbrick.dcu.ie/~hauk/dslinux.html. Click the blue link titled "Here" to download the prepatched DLDI build for your Nintendo DSi.
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Navigate to kineox.free.fr/DS and click "dslinux.nds" to download the Linux build for the DSi.
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Place the R4 card CD into your computer's CD/DVD drive. Place the MicroSD card into your R4 card's slot. Plug the R4 card's adapter into your computer's USB port.
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Copy the directories "_system_," "_DS_MENU" and "_DS_MSH_.nds" from your R4 card CD to the root of your SD card.
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Create a folder on your SD card named "DSiLinux." Copy the DSi Linux file to your new folder.
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Disconnect your R4 adapter from you computer and place it into your DSi's USB port. Turn on your Nintendo DSi. You see a display that reads "R4 Revolution for DS."
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Click the icon on the left side of the screen and navigate to "DSLinux.nds." Press "A" on the file to have your DSi load the Linux operating system.
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