RE: Cloning Ipaqs - Thankyou and Doc suggestion

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark G. Lewis [mailto:Lewis_at_erg.sri.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 5:12 PM
> To: Hicks, Jamey
> Cc: bootldr_at_handhelds.org
> Subject: Cloning Ipaqs - Thankyou and Doc suggestion
>
>
> Jamey,
>
> The Cloning instructions work great!!

Excellent!

Note that there is no timeline promised in the TODO file...
 
> I wonder if the ability of doing this using a CF card instead of a
> Microdrive will make it into bootldr in the near future.

CF flash cards should work. Small CF cards should also now work (fat12). I did find a problem today that deleted files can cause bootldr not to find other files in the same directory. It is not solved yet.

> SUGGESTIONs for documentation.
>
> I noted that I can put the latest familiar task-bootnet.jffs2 or any
> other root image on the Microdrive, go thru the steps, and
> quickly have
> the desired installation. This is much much FASTER than XMODEM over
> serial cable. Perhaps this should be noted in the Familiar install
> instructions as an alternative for those owning a Microdrive or other
> compatible IDE pccard interface.

I am planning on this as one of the install paths for the next release.

> Maybe the instructions should be moved/duped from the 'filesystem'
> FAQ to the 'bootldr' FAQ

Duped or linked sounds like a good idea.

> It would be helpful to summarize the clone src and clone
> destination
> commands
> at the beginning without all the output :
>
> ver
> sleeve insert
> pcmcia insert
> vfat mount 0
> vfat read 0xc2000000 rootimg.jf2 (or whatever root image file name)
> (Note the number of bytes reported at the end of 'vfat read' as
> "RC=NUM" )
> (or, type: 'partition show', and note the root size, use this as
> NUM).
> program root 0xc2000000 0x[NUM] # where NUM was reported, or use
> NUM= 0x00fc0000 # max for 16Meg copy, H3600
> NUM=0x01fc0000 # max for 32Meg copy, H3700
> NUM=0x00480000 # for task-netboot.jffs2
>
> It would be helpful to note that the file size that is to
> be used as
> the last
> parameter of the 'program' command, is the last item report by the
> 'vfat read' as with "rc=00fc0000" for instance

On thinking about this, I'm not sure that the length is required. It will read the whole file by default. I think this is a carryover from the 'ide read' form of the instructions, in the common case where the partition was bigger than the file.

Thanks for the feedback and suggestions.

Jamey
Received on Wed Mar 20 2002 - 22:57:31 EST