Re: Booting Familiar on an HP5550

I have solved my trouble.
Look at http://www.arosoft.de/pocketpc.htm
for a detailed description of my step by step update to Opie 1.0.3.

Rocky Heckman wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I've been trying to get Familiar (0.7.2) installed on my HP branded iPAQ
>H5550.
>
>Here is the software I've been using:
>
>BootBlaster3900-2.6.exe
>
>bootldr-pxa-2.21.12.bin
>
>bootopie-v0.7.2-h3900.jffs2
>
>
>
>My iPAQ is now in a somewhat unstable state. I've been reading through
>mailing lists and online documentation but haven't found an issue that
>describes my particular problem.
>
>
>
>The iPAQ buzzes when I do a reset with the control pad held down but nothing
>appears on the screen. Which is understandable since it's an H5550.
>
>I have to use a serial connected terminal program (Hyperterminal on Windows
>XP) to contact the iPAQ. I can get a boot> prompt from there. Once I issue
>the boot command it boots..usually. Here are the last few relevant lines of
>the output from the terminal program when it boots using this method:
>
>
>
>root_filesystem_name=ramdisk
>
>Grabbed linuxargs, argc = 00000001
>
>Using mach_type 000000DC
>
>setting boot parameters to
>
> noinitrd root=/dev/mtdblock1 init=/linuxrc console=ttySA0
>
>Making core tag at A0000100
>
>Making cmdline tag at A0000114
>
>Making mem32 tag at A00001B4
>
>command line is:
>mtdparts=ipaq:0x00040000@0x00000000(bootldr)ro,0x01FC0000@0x000
>
>40000(root) noinitrd root=/dev/mtdblock1 init=/linuxrc console=ttySA0
>rootfsty
>
>pe=jffs2
>
>Disabling LCD controller
>
>linuxEntryPoint=A0008000
>
>Booting Linux image
>
>Uncompressing Linux............................................ done,
>booting th
>
>e kernel.
>
>
>
>Sometimes, it says it boots, but the only thing that appears on the iPAQ
>screen is a gray background. When this happens I have to soft-reset the
>iPAQ, reconnect a second time with the terminal program and re-issue the
>boot command. When I do that, it usually boots the iPAQ normally and it is
>usable until it shuts off. Why does it say it's disabling the LCD
>controller?
>
>
>
>The major problem is that this is the ONLY way I can boot the iPAQ. When
>it's not attached to my PC and I can't issue the boot command through the
>terminal program all I can get it to do is buzz. The suspend button doesn't
>suspend it either. So I can't suspend it, and if the it's not in the cradle
>and the battery runs out, the only way I can boot it again after charging is
>with the above procedure. Why won't the iPAQ boot itself? What do I have to
>do in order to use the iPAQ without going through this mess to turn it on
>every time?
>
>
>
>While I'm at it, the backlight is very very dark. I've checked the settings
>in OPIE but it's as on as it gets. How can I lighten the backlight?
>
>
>
>Thanks for your patience with a newbie.
>
>
>
>Rocky
>
>
>
>
>
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