Re: Flashing the bootloader...

Hi Theo,

>When it comes to flashing the iPAQ, couldn't we use the same tool you
>get from HP when upgrading your ROM from 1.00 to 1.01? UpgradeUt.exe
>will make a serial connection using USB and install a ROM image into the
>unit. :)
>
>maybe you guys already thought about this...
>
>

Right! We already thought about this, but this is less secure than
directly reflashing the device from a CF card through the original HTC
bootloader. If anything happens with the host during the flashing
process (you could have a base XPrience...), you can end up with a brick.

Now, we have to work on what we will replace WinCE with, especially the
piece of code that will start the Linux kernel. This looks like quite a
lot of work. Any help is welcome!

>Secondly im happily awaiting the first possibility to put linux on a CF
>card and boot linux for the first time on my 2210. I already converted
>an old 3630 just to get the know how. Please tell me whenever the first
>working trial of it will be available.
>
Sure! Keep reading e-mail from this list!

> I have some old 16mb CF card
>laying around. Will 16mb be enough to store the linux kernel on and
>later use the 128mb SD card for all other storage?
>
>
Mmm, it won't be enough, unless we make a skim root filesystem with much
less applications. At the moment, the root fs is meant to fit in a 32 MB
partition. It's actually bigger (52M), but it's just 16 MB when it's
bzip2 compressed, so it should fit in a jffs2 formatted partition. You
will also need a FAT partition on the CF card to boot Linux from Windows
CE. You could also have this partition on your SD card.

So, I'd advice you to get at least a 64 MB CF card. It will be useful
anyway.

    Hope this answers your questions...

    Cheers,

    Michael.

-- 
Michael Opdenacker
http://opdenacker.org/