Re: X50v testing files with fat32 SD card

NICE!

Moved everything but the img to a subfolder, hard-reset --> haret ==
WHAM BAM THANK YOU MAM.

The kernel spews out quite a lot of stuff in the start, so goddamn good
to watch it boot =)

If the touchpad just used the correct calibration data..

Is there a way of using the power button to turn it off in opie? Like in
wm2003se to save power.

ons, 11,.01.2006 kl. 11.55 -0900, skrev Nick Jaksic:
> are there any other files on your sd card?
> you can have other sub folder on it but no other files on the root.
> sometimes it take me few tries.
>
> Halvor Borgen wrote:
> > Mirror mode is on, and I have version A05.
> >
> > Still freezes.
> >
> > ons, 11,.01.2006 kl. 11.44 -0900, skrev Nick Jaksic:
> >
> > > make sure mirror mode is on and that you have A03 and above
> > > Nick Jaksic, SSE
> > > Applied Microsystems, Inc.
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> > > nick_at_amicro.biz
> > > Office: (907) 261-8300
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> > >
> > >
> > > Halvor Borgen wrote:
> > >
> > > > I finally got a cardreader and a SD-card to try this out.
> > > >
> > > > I copy your files onto the card, but when I try to run haret, it just
> > > > freezes and I have to hardreset. This happens every time!
> > > >
> > > > -Halvor
> > > >
> > > > man, 09,.01.2006 kl. 16.11 +0100, skrev JeDi:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > 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 Wed Jan 11 2006 - 16:08:41 EST