Re: [H2200-port] dual booting pocket pc

Hi Bart,

Bart Deleye wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I would like to boot linux on my pda (hp2200) using this method:
> http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/HpIpaqH2200CardBoot
>
> But first I would like to ask a few questions:
> -Is it possible to really dual boot my pda, that is without my ram being
> erased (and all the installed software)?

No. Linux uses all available ram. So files that are stored in ram
will be lost. This includes programmes and data.

> -Is it also possible to create 2 partitions on my sd card, one fat
> partition for my tomtom maps and another one for linux?

Yes. I think that is the approach outlined in the wiki.
You might like to investigate Ramdisk Rescue:
http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/RamdiskRescue

>
> In fact what I would like to do is just dual booting my pda in such way
> that I can boot into wince to run tomtom or boot into linux to use gpe.

Easy.

> That without the need to reinstall tomtom and such after booting into linux.

That is not possible (yet).

Marcus.
Received on Tue Oct 31 2006 - 23:50:15 EST