Re: [Handhelds.org MoinMoin Wiki] Update of "UniversalHowtoInstallLinux"

Hello Asheesh,

Monday, December 3, 2007, 4:00:48 PM, you wrote:

> On Mon, 3 Dec 2007, pHilipp Zabel wrote:

>> On Dec 1, 2007 6:03 PM, Asheesh Laroia <asheesh_at_asheesh.org> wrote:
>>> On Sat, 1 Dec 2007, moin_at_handhelds.org wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Wiki user,
>>>>
>>>> You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "Handhelds.org
>>>> MoinMoin Wiki" for change notification.
>>>>
>>>> The following page has been changed by GoxboxLive:
>>>> http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/UniversalHowtoInstallLinux
>>>>
>>>> The comment on the change is:
>>>> Added easy linux installer howto.
>>>
>>> Nice! Would this work on an HTC Magician, too?
>>
>> In principle, yes. But due to the hard-reset issue (see below), you'd
>> have to reinstall the cab file after every linux boot.

> Does this mean that on a non-Magician, the hard-reset issue might not
> exist?

>> No way. Unfortunately, you can not get around the hard-reset with
>> wm2003se.

> (See above - does this apply to all hardware?)

> If this does apply to all hardware, then what is the point of the .cab
> files? (-:

  No use. Angstrom release (and thus all devices which are
supported by it) is going to support user-friendly installation and
booting which is based on the same idea (loopback rootfs), but without
all those funky cabs.

> -- Asheesh.

-- 
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 Paul                            mailto:pmiscml_at_gmail.com