Re: question on reinstalling winCE on iPAQ

George France <france@crl.dec.com> writes:

> Hello Arrigo;
>
> The current problem is in saving the WinCE image from flash before you
> install Linux. If you installed Linux without making a backup copy of WinCE
> were would you get a copy of WinCE from?
>
> Currently it would be very easy to restore WinCE if you had a WinCE image to
> upload.
>

Thanks for the information George, I thought that Compaq would provide this
image. Since I won't be able to buy an iPAQ for any time soon
(see http://www.mindspring.com/~gregorya/ipaqship.htm to have an idea
on its availability) I have to wait anyway.

-Arrigo

>
> --George
>
> George France, france@crl.dec.com
> Cambridge Research Laboratory, Compaq Computer Corporation
> One Cambridgecenter MS: CRL
> Cambridge, MA 02142 USA
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arrigo Benedetti [mailto:arrigo@vision.caltech.edu]
> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 7:14 PM
> To: handhelds@handhelds.org
> Subject: [Handhelds] question on reinstalling winCE on iPAQ
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> I want to buy one iPAQ and install Linux on it right away, anyway I'd
> like to make sure that I can reinstall WinCE one day if I want to sell
> it. I understand that the current loading process precludes this, but
> I don't care if I know that I'll be able to do it later. WinCE is
> stored in a Flash for field upgrades, so there should not be any
> problem, right?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Arrigo
> --
> Dr. Arrigo Benedetti e-mail: arrigo@vision.caltech.edu
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Received on Sat Jul 1 18:16:36 2000