Re: [H2200-port] dual booting pocket pc

Hi Bart,

Excellent, good to hear :)

I've probably got the wrong version archived, thanks for
letting me know.

Marcus.

Bart Deleye wrote:
> Hi Marcus,
>
> I redownloaded the image using this link from the howto:
> http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ramdisk-rescue/ramdisk-rescue-0.6.4.rootfs.ext2.gz?download
>
> Size still didn't match with the one you wrote below.
>
> However I've downloaded the image from the sourceforge mirrors and
> managed to install linux on my pda using rr! Thanks! You Rock! :)
>
> Greetings,
>
> Bart
>
> Marcus Brown wrote:
>> Hi Bart,
>>
>> Thanks for the listing.
>>
>>
>> 1.
>> ==
>> It appears you don't have a valid RR initrd.
>> $ du -b ramdisk*
>> 3708760 ramdisk-rescue-0.6.4.rootfs.ext2.gz
>>
>> I'd suggest you try downloading it again.
>>
>>
>> 2.
>> ==
>> It also appears you are using 0.3.8 haret, for which
>> wrap-haret should not be needed.
>>
>>
>> 3.
>> ==
>> FYI: The bootgpe tarball you have is also larger than the one
>> I have on file, which probably suggests that the one I have
>> is from the initial release, which had a "corrupt" kernel.
>> I suspect yours is OK.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Marcus.
>>
>> Bart Deleye wrote:
>>> Hi Marcus,
>>>
>>> Yes I've put them in the linux/rescue folder.
>>> Here are the contents:
>>>
>>> ls -l
>>> total 1888
>>> -rwx------ 1 bart bart 5084 2006-11-02 14:41 custom.txt
>>> -rwx------ 1 bart bart 633856 2006-11-02 14:37 haret.exe
>>> drwx------ 2 bart bart 16384 2006-11-02 21:05 image
>>> -rwx------ 1 bart bart 13066 2006-11-02 14:40
>>> ramdisk-rescue-0.6.4.rootfs.ext2.gz
>>> -rwx------ 1 bart bart 1898 2003-05-01 22:04 startup.txt
>>> -rwx------ 1 bart bart 5120 2006-11-02 21:16 wrap-haret.exe
>>> -rwx------ 1 bart bart 1200624 2006-11-02 14:41
>>> zImage-2.6.15-hh2-h2200-20061028015932
>>>
>>> ls -l image/
>>> total 39872
>>> -rwx------ 1 bart bart 40826880 2006-11-02 14:33
>>> bootgpe-v0.8.4-h2200.tar
>>>
>>> Bart
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11/4/06, *Marcus Brown* <marcusbrutus_at_internode.on.net
>>> <mailto:marcusbrutus_at_internode.on.net>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Bart,
>>>
>>> Have you put all these files in
>>> /linux/rescue/
>>> on the card?
>>>
>>> If that's not the problem, I need a lot more detail :)
>>> Can you give me a detailed directory listing of /linux/rescue ?
>>> (including full filenames and sizes)
>>>
>>> M.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Bart Deleye wrote:
>>> > Hi Marcus,
>>> >
>>> > Thanks for mentioning ramdisk rescue!
>>> > I've tried to run it using the guide below, but it seems I cannot
>>> load
>>> > the ram disk image :(
>>> > At boot I get the error message 'ramdisk: couldn't find valid ram
>>> disk
>>> > image starting at 0. kernel panic - not syncing: vfs: unable
>>> to mount
>>> > root fs on unknown-block(1,0)'
>>> > I verified these lines in startup file and they point to the
>>> right files:
>>> > set KERNEL "zImage-2.6.15-hh2-h2200-20061028015932"
>>> > set INITRD "ramdisk-rescue-0.6.4.rootfs.ext2.gz"
>>> >
>>> > What am I doing wrong?
>>> >
>>> > Greetings,
>>> >
>>> > Bart
>>> >
>>> > On 11/1/06, *Marcus Brown* <marcusbrutus_at_internode.on.net
>>> <mailto:marcusbrutus_at_internode.on.net>
>>> > <mailto:marcusbrutus_at_internode.on.net
>>> <mailto:marcusbrutus_at_internode.on.net>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > 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
>>> > <http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/HpIpaqH2200CardBoot
>>> <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 Mon Nov 06 2006 - 20:06:24 EST