Re: Installation woes

Hmm, that's pretty irritating!

I'm finding it odd that when I power on the PDA, it sits at the SDG
systems screen, with the screen backlight on. When I plug in the PDA,
the light indicating that the unit is charging does NOT blink. I
cannot power off, without unplugging the battery.

How long will the PDA hold power in this state (SDG systems screen)?
Is it charging, or isn't it? If it's not, and it runs out of battery
power, do I have a brick on my hands (pending a replacement, charged
battery)?

Cheers,
S.

On 11/1/05, avinash <avinash.sridhar_at_thomson.net> wrote:
> I had exactly the same problem. I changed the CF card and it worked for me
> without a problem.
>
> On Tuesday 01 November 2005 11:28, Stephen Strowes wrote:
> > Perhaps I'm missing something, but here goes.
> >
> > I've flashed the bootloader as per
> > http://sdgsystems.com/pub/ipaq/hx4700/starterkit/current/readme.txt,
> > and on reboot I get the SDG systems screen. Good so far.
> >
> > I have my CF card, formatted FAT16. On that, I've placed the files:
> > rootfs-opie.jffs2
> > homefs.jffs2
> > zImage
> > reflash.ctl
> >
> > The instructions in the readme are vague here, so I'm following
> > www.handhelds.org/hypermail/hx4700-port/9/0991.html. My reflash.ctl
> > contains:
> >
> > hx4700-kernel zImage - kernel
> > hx4700-root rootfs-opie.jffs2 - root
> > hx4700-home homefs.jffs2 - home
> >
> > But when I reboot, holding down <Contacts> and <Email>, I get:
> >
> > "Can't read control file
> >
> > Press power button to
> > restart the system.
> > Press record for
> > further reflashing"
> >
> > Pressing record ends up back at this screen again, after it's checked
> > for the control file again.
> >
> > What exactly am I missing here?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > S.
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Received on Tue Nov 01 2005 - 14:32:33 EST