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*** Updated 06/29/2023

Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0825.html

Disclaimer

This process will overwrite the current Windows 8 RT operating system on the Surface RT tablet. I have tested these steps on my own device (as shown in this video), but I am not responsible if you damage or brick your device. Verify this process will work on your device before starting and make sure to backup any data you do not want to lose before proceeding.
## Things You Will Need - A USB flash drive, at least 8 GB [https://amzn.to/3wkR5ju](https://amzn.to/3wkR5ju) | [https://amzn.to/3qkrJ1p](https://amzn.to/3qkrJ1p) | [https://amzn.to/3Nhu9b9](https://amzn.to/3Nhu9b9) - A USB hub - A USB keyboard

Disabling Secure Boot

NOTE: If you run into issues or errors disabling secure boot, see the troubleshooting steps [https://jwa4.gitbook.io/windows/tools/surface-rt-and-surface-2-jailbreak-usb#troubleshooting](https://jwa4.gitbook.io/windows/tools/surface-rt-and-surface-2-jailbreak-usb#troubleshooting)

1. Insert the USB flash drive into a PC 2. Download the Surface RT jailbreak files [Download](https://jwa4.gitbook.io/windows/tools/surface-rt-and-surface-2-jailbreak-usb#download) 3. Format the USB flash drive to FAT32 
⚠ NOTE: This will delete all files on the drive. Make sure to backup any important files before continuing

    1. Right Click Start > File Explorer
    2. Right Click the USB flash drive > Format...
    3. Select FAT32 from the File System dropdown
    4. Name the drive EFI
    5. Make sure Quick Format is checked
    6. Click Start
  1. Extract the downloaded Surface RT jailbreak .zip file to the root of the USB flash drive
  2. Safely remove the USB flash drive
  3. Power off the Surface RT tablet if it is not already
  4. Using the USB hub, connect the USB keyboard and the prepared USB flash drive to the Surface RT tablet
  5. Hold Vol- and press the power button, releasing the Vol- when Surface logo appears
  6. Select Install Golden Keys > Press Enter
  7. Select Accept and Install > Press Enter
  8. After the Golden Keys install completes, the tablet will reboot
  9. Power off the Surface RT tablet
  10. Hold Vol- and press the power button, releasing the Vol- when Surface logo appears
  11. Select Install Yahallo > Press Enter
  12. After the Yahallo install completes, the tablet will reboot
  13. Power off the Surface RT tablet
  14. Insert the USB flash drive into a PC
  15. Download Raspberry Pi OS Download

Preparing Raspberry Pi OS

  1. Download the latest Surface RT zImage, device tree (.dtb) and kernel modules Download
  2. Download the EFI boot files Download
  3. Extract the downloaded EFI .zip archive
  4. Run Balena Etcher
  5. Write the Raspberry Pi OS image to USB flash drive
  6. Once the write completes, open the readable partition on the USB flash drive
  7. From the previous downloads, copy the EFI folder, startup.nsh, zImage and the device tree (.dtb) file to the readable partition on the USB flash drive
  8. Open startup.nsh in a text editor
  9. Replace the contents of the file with the following
fs0:
zImage dtb=tegra30‐microsoft‐surface‐rt‐efi.dtb root=/dev/sda2 rootwait console=tty0 cpuidle.off=1

# shutdown if something went wrong
reset ‐s
  1. Save the changes to startup.nsh and close the editor
  2. Safely remove the USB flash drive
  3. Power off the Surface RT tablet if it is not already
  4. Using the USB hub, connect the USB keyboard and the prepared USB flash drive to the Surface RT tablet
  5. Hold Vol- and press the power button, releasing the Vol- when Surface logo appears
  6. Raspberry Pi OS should boot from the USB flash drive
  7. In Raspberry Pi OS, launch the file manager
  8. Navigate to /boot > Copy the sRT-modules- .tar.xz file to the current user's home directory
  9. Extract the sRT-modules- .tar.xz inside the user's home directory
  10. Copy the contents of the extracted folder to the corresponding location in the root Linux directory
  11. Reboot the Surface RT tablet
  12. At this point, you can continue running Raspberry Pi OS from the flash drive, or install it to the internal eMMC storage, replacing the stock Windows 8 RT operating system

....Full steps can be found on GitHub [link at the top]

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