X50v testing files with fat32 SD card

Hi,

I created files for the x50v, which runs linux right from a normal
fat32 sd card. I put the files on
http://lumumba.uhasselt.be/~jedi/x50v-linux/
Just copy all files there on an sd card (in fact, you can choose where
to but these, but the x50v-rootfs.img has to be in the root dir of the
sd card), enable mirror mode, run haret_uart.exe, press run, and watch
linux boot into OPIE.

I used Fisherss beta kernel sources, but I compiled in some bigger
fonts and a nice penguin on top of the screen :-)

Some technical info:
The initrd that gets loaded starts a script that mounts the fat32 sd
card, and after that mounts the root filesystem from the
x50v-rootfs.img ext2 image file on the sd card. Then it chroots to the
new root filesystem and boots as normal.

The ext2 image I created is 63 MB, so people can still put it on a
64MB SD card, but there's only about 9 MB free disk space in the
image. I'm not sure that'll be enough in the future, but it boots for
now.

I don't have a regular x50, so I can't create (or actually, test)
files for that device, but people that can mount the initrd that I've
created can look in the /linuxrc file. Apart from editing that file, I
also had to copy some modules from the kernel (vfat and dependencies,
loop) and create some /dev files for the loop device to work.

X50v guys (or girls), please try this, and report if it works! If you
get a screen fading to white when you press run, just reset and try
again. I had that problem too, don't know what it is. And again, don't
forget to enable mirror mode (Settings/screen) or you won't see a
thing!

Greetz,
JeDi
Received on Mon Jan 09 2006 - 10:19:14 EST