But how can you use minicom/xmodem over the ppp connection when there is
nothing running on the to receive on the IPAQ, or is there something I can
start?
Thanks
Leo
--- Michael Scott Shappe <mikey@hundred-acre-wood.com> wrote: > > Have
installed kernel 2.4.6 and uploaded the 6mb root. Now I do not have
> > X running and can only communicate/modify using the minicom.
>
> Um...hrm...I thought the Bootstrap image included pppd.
>
> If not, however, you can grab ipkgs via FTP or the web to your desktop
> machine, download ipkg packages to the iPAQ using minicom and ZModem (wish
> the bootrom used ZModem, as well...XModem is painful and slow :-/), and then
> install them using ipkg until you've got the system working minimally for
> network again.
>
> Mikey
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