Re: Re: ipaq2210 - VmWare - Debian Sarge -- usbnet

oh well, I did it.

I had to use:

initrd_jun10
zImage_jun28
rootfs_jun28

I booted successfully, was able to ssh to the device, and play around
a little bit.

for some reason the latest initrd, zImage, won't boot on my device, it
just freezes, but i'll just use the older ones until something else
comes out.

Thanks

On Wed, 4 Aug 2004 08:35:54 +0200, Peter Vicman <peter.vicman@uni-mb.si> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> >Now, since I don't have any hardware available right now to run linux,
> >I installed Debian Sarge in VmWare on a WinXP Host PC.
>
> I am using Fedora Core 2 (kernel 2.6.???) on Vmware 4.5.1 and it works ok.
>
> >I start linux within VmWare, then I plug the iPaq in the USB craddle,
> >WinXP picks it up (i removed ActiveSync), then I just cancel the
> >Driver installation. I start Harnet on the iPaq, the thermometer goes
> >all the way to the top, and the screen backlight shuts off, but the
> >Penguin image stays there, and nothing happends.
>
> In this case haret didn't start kernel ans initrd.
> That just happened sometimes (in reality many times). It depends on the size
> of the initrd. Smaller it is, better result it is. Check discussion under
> "Serial" debuging via USB" and link
> http://www.handhelds.org/hypermail/h2200-port/6/0686.html.
>
> >When I look through /var/log/message, I don't get any messages from
> >The usb module when I connect the iPaq.
>
> That is because haret didn't start kernel and initrd on IPaq, so there
> is no connection request to the linux.
>
> >I'm thinking that since I run linux in VmWare, WinXP might not send
> >The usb hotswap signal to vmware for some reason.
>
> That is not the reason. As I say I am using similar method. I found out,
> that ActiveSysnc doesn't need to be killed. When linux start up on
> Ipaq, connection with ActiveSync is terminated, and USB device
> can be manualy connected to the Vmware machine.
>
> >Also, anyone heard about a driver like "Usbnet" available to WinXP?
>
> Sometime ago I saw something simillar on the net, but I didn' test it. Just
> use
> linux under Vmware. I know this works.
>
> Peter Vicman
>
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