Re: Step by step instructions

do *not* use the haret from my site. use Fisherss' haret, because he
fixed a bunch of things that I was too lazy to fix =] yes, you do need a
serial cable to work on it (sorry, answering two posts in one)

linux boots on the x50v, and you can even get framebuffer working with
the vsfb driver. However, you have to build your own initrd (unless I
can find mine. haven't had time to work on it in the last couple months).

building an initrd isn't all that difficult. initrd is just "Initial Ram
Disk", and consists of a gzipped disk image formatted with any file
system supported; I use cramfs (make sure cramfs support is compiled
into the kernel if you do this). with cramfs, if you have the cramfs
utils or whatever they are called, you can just run "mkcramfs" on a
directory and it will create a cramfs image file, which you then gzip
and rename to "initrd".

it's easiest to start with an existing initrd. you can mount an initrd
by first decompressing it:

mv initrd initrd.gz
gzip -d initrd.gz

and then mount it somewhere

mkdir initrd_mountpoint
mount -o loop initrd ./initrd_mountpoint/

you may have to add "-t cramfs" or "-t ext2" to the mount command,
depending on what the filesystem it uses is.

after you mount it copy the files to another directory, change whatever
you need to (to get modules in the right place, run "make
modules_install" and then copy /lib/modules/2.6.??-hh2/ to <initrd
template>/lib/modules/2.6.??-hh2/), and then create a new initrd image.

with cramfs, you can do this by:

mkcramfs <initrd template> initrd.cramfs
gzip initrd.cramfs
mv initrd.cramfs.gz initrd

and you've got an initrd

now, if you mounted an ext2 image, you can modify it directly and then
gzip it again when you are done, but you can't resize it this way. it's
all preference.

hope this helps someone.

Richard

M W Knox wrote:

>So to clairify this... is it working on the x50v?
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>Mine is crying out to be dewindardized. .. If I can be of any help then
>let me know.
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>Cheers,
>
>Mike
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>I dont have a serial cable so i tried copying all the files to a CF card
>and running it from there, but it didnt work.
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>Fisherss wrote:
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>>1. Get a serial cable.
>>2. Download the needed files from hh.org or my home page and follow the
>>instructions to run them, then you can get kernel output through your
>>PC-side serial terminal software.(minicom etc.).
>>
>>Actually you have successfully booted the kernel (if you downloaded them
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>>from our page at hh.org), there is just no output. The same case doesn't
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>>appear at x50 base version (416 MHz), at 416 version, you can see
>>framebuffer output, including the linux logo.
>>The output of haret you showed is normal. There is serial output after
>>that but your can't see it because you don't have a serial cable.
>>
>>The hardest problem on X50V is the 2700g chip driver, after solved it,
>>you 50v guys will be very very happy :)
>>
>>JeDi wrote:
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>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>We really want to get started with linux at our Dell Axim X50v
>>>machines, here at a research institute. But I can't get it running,
>>>even a little bit.
>>>Could someone please provide some step-by-step instruction on how to
>>>get this running? And which files and version to use, etc.
>>>
>>>We don't have a serial cable or CF cards for the moment, so if it can
>>>be done with USB networking and SD cards that would be great,
>>>otherwise we'll order/make the needed stuff.
>>>
>>>Here is what I've tried:
>>>- Downloaded the files from the downloads section of the wiki:
>>>http://handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/DellAximX50Downloads
>>>- Downloaded the changed haret (haret_uart.exe) from http://axim.narcotize.com/
>>>- Downloaded the latest used kernel from the mailing list:
>>>http://axim.narcotize.com/files/kernel26_x30_working_0.1.tar.gz
>>>- Put the files into the "Internal Storage" of the axim x50v (in a
>>>"linux" directory, if that matters)
>>>- Tried running haret: It says "Detected CPU family: Unknown". I can
>>>connect with it using telnet
>>>- I changed the default.txt file to load the latest downloaded kernel,
>>>and pressed the Run button
>>>
>>>The haret terminal says:
>>>
>>>Physical kernel address: a8008000
>>>Preloader physical/virtual address: ab080000
>>>Physical initrd address: a8408000
>>>Goodbye cruel world ...
>>>
>>>After that, it stops. No penguin with on the pocket pc or nothing. It
>>>just hangs. I need to reset the device, and seemingly it automatically
>>>hard resets (so it has actually done something with the ram).
>>>
>>>Is this behaviour normal? What should I do? I really want to help, but
>>>I must get it somewhat running first...
>>>
>>>Greetz,
>>>JeDi
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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Received on Tue Sep 06 2005 - 15:06:55 EDT