Re: Installation problem

Hi,

Sounds like you've got a problem common to both solutions then.
It does pay to remember that the first boot takes a fair time.

Using a serial cable or cradle is the only way to know for certain what
the problem is.
http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/HpIpaqH2200CradleMod
http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/HpIpaqPowerAdapterMod

Providing the RRSyslog after an install *might* give me some pointers to
the problem.

Marcus.

On Fri, 2007-11-30 at 18:11 +0100, krisje8 wrote:
> Thank you very much for your help, but it still doesn't work.
> The Ramdisk Rescue program worked perfect, but when booting the
> freshly installed linux we got the same problem: a black screen.
> Is there anything else we can do to solve this?
>
> On 27/11/2007, Marcus Brown <marcusbrutus_at_internode.on.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> If you are using a standard kernel, you will probably find
> that the
> pcmcia modules are not compiled into the kernel. I suggest you
> take a
> look at Ramdisk Rescue in the wiki.
>
> Marcus.
>
> On Thu, 2007-11-22 at 17:08 +0100, krisje8 wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I tried to install linux (familiar 0.8.4 stable , qpe) on a
> h2200
> > ipaq, but we get a black screen and nothing more.
> > This is the way we try to start it:
> > Boot wm
> > Start haret (the startup.txt is edited, zImage is changed
> into
> > zImage-2.6.15-hh2-h2200 , otherwise haret can't boot the
> image)
> > See 4 lines of text
> > and then it hangs at a black screen.
> >
> > We installed all the files on a CF card, and the fstab entry
> points
> > to /dev/hda2 .
> > What did we do wrong, and/or how can we fix this?
> >
> > I tried to install familiar a year ago on the same ppc , and
> we didn't
> > succed then too, but we at least got the bloodshed eyes.
> > --
> > [image: http://www.krisje8.nl/userbars/userbar_linux.png]
> > [image:
> http://www.krisje8.nl/userbars/userbar_wxwidgets.png]
> > [image:
> http://www.krisje8.nl/userbars/userbar_electronica.png]
> >
> > "When you say 'I wrote a program that crashed Windows,'
> people just
> > stare at you blankly and say 'Hey, I got those with the
> system, *for
> > free*'." - Linus Torvalds
> > _______________________________________________
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> > H2200-port_at_handhelds.org
> > https://handhelds.org/mailman/listinfo/h2200-port
>
>
>
> --
> [image: http://www.krisje8.nl/userbars/userbar_linux.png]
> [image: http://www.krisje8.nl/userbars/userbar_wxwidgets.png]
> [image: http://www.krisje8.nl/userbars/userbar_electronica.png]
>
> "When you say 'I wrote a program that crashed Windows,' people just
> stare at you blankly and say 'Hey, I got those with the system, *for
> free*'." - Linus Torvalds
Received on Fri Nov 30 2007 - 18:01:19 EST