Re: 5450 Linux install gone awry

Don Patterson wrote:

>I gave installing Linux on a 5450 a shot, but it doesn't seem to have gone
>very well:
>
> BootBlaster.exe came from http://handhelds.org/feeds/BootBlaster3900.exe
> dated 5/23/2003 version 2.6
>
> bootldr.bin came from http://handhelds.org/download/bootldr/pxa
> dated 5/14/2003 version 2.20.1
>
>4. Now when I reset it, it buzzes, goes silent and nothing else happens. The
>screen is blank and I can't talk to it using HyperTerminal at 115200 baud.
>
>
By "reset" do you mean "hold down the center button, and press reset at
the bottom of the ipaq"?
A reset without holding the center button should restart wince as usual.

If the first is the case, you *should* be able to reach it with
hyperterm @115200, 8N1, no handshanke.

>Have I made a brick? Should I have done something else along the line that I
>missed?
>
>
The procedure sounds correct.

Regards,
Morten
Received on Wed Jun 18 06:28:49 2003