I am trying to load Linux on the iPaq which I recently purchased here in Japan.
It has 32MB of flash and 32MB of RAM. First, I tried to download the bootloader
in accordance to the instructions mentioned in the handhelds.org webpage. I am
trying to download the bootldr v2.14.8, which was strongly recommended (The
instructions for the downloading of Familiar0.4 requires v2.14.5 though). The
download proceeded properly but protecting the bootldr flash sector did not
produce the desired result. I tried the pflash command a couple more times but
the value returned is still 00000000 instead of 00010001.
What should I do? Should I try flashing a different version of the bootloader?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Anthony Suarez
boot> load bootldr
loading flash region bootldr
using xmodem
ready for xmodem download..
Download Successful
00018A80 bytes loaded to C0000400
BSD sum value is: 00000000
programming flash...erasing ...
Erasing sector 00000000
len=00018A80
writing flash..
addr: 00000000 data: EA00008E
addr: 00010000 data: E5DE2004
verifying ... done.
boot> peek flash 0x0
addr = 00000000
value = EA00008E
boot> peek flash 0x20
addr = 00000020
value = 646C7462
boot> qflash 2
value = 00000000
boot> pflash 0 0xffff 1
addr=00000000
len=0000FFFF
protect=00000001
Protecting sector 00000000
boot> qflash 2
value = 00000000
boot> pflash 0 0xffff 1
addr=00000000
len=0000FFFF
protect=00000001
Protecting sector 00000000
boot> qflash 2
value = 00000000
boot> pflash 0 0xffff 1
addr=00000000
len=0000FFFF
protect=00000001
Protecting sector 00000000
boot> qflash 2
value = 00000000
boot>
Received on Tue Jun 5 04:21:21 2001
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