Re: X50v testing files with fat32 SD card

I forgot to tell, wait for another 5 minutes, the files are still uploading :-)

Greetz,
JeDi

On 1/9/06, JeDi <jeroen.dierckx_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 - 10:24:56 EST