Re: Is Familiar dead?

Hello Richard,

You can download the following archive:
http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/unstable/images/hx4700/Angstrom-x11-image-glibc-ipk-2007.9-test-20071213-hx4700.rootfs.tar.gz

Then create 2 partition s on CF (hda1, hda2 (on hx4700, on PC sdX1,
sdX2). The first (FAT) can be small (~64M sould be OK). The second
(ext2. ext3) can be the remaining.

Uncompress the file above to the second.

Download

http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/unstable/images/hx4700/zImage-2.6.21-hh19-r2-hx4700.bin
http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/unstable/images/hx4700/startup.txt
http://www.handhelds.org/~koconnor/haret/haret-20071209.exe

Put these files to first partition.

Read startup.txt and modify it as you need.

Start HaRET.

Unfortunately my CF's id is not in the kernel, so usually I need to
patch it and compile myself (symptom: cannot mount root fs, kernel panic).

Of course you can write kernel, SDG bootloader to flash if you prefer.

/sza2
Richard Wagner wrote:
> Are you using it on a hx4700? I have not been able to find any info on
> how to put root on CF being as how altboot is apparently no tavailable
> for the hx4700. Can you point me to a HOWTO or some documentation? I
> have tried to post to the Angstrom mailing list but they either don't
> answer or answer with snide remarks that don't provide any help in
> solving the problem.
>
> On 12/13/07, *Tamas Szabo* <klt29_at_freemail.hu
> <mailto:klt29_at_freemail.hu>> wrote:
>
> I have been use Angstrom, and lot of feature was working. Especially
> placing root fs on CF, since I was using it on that way.
>
> /sza2
>
> Richard Wagner wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I have noticed that a new release of Familiar has not been put
> out for
> > a while and I was wondering if development is stalled, or if it
> has been
> > abandoned in favor of Angstrom. I tried out Angstrom but there were a
> > number of things that aren't working (or I can't find docs) on my
> hx4700
> > (like root on CF or SD ) and the documentation for the hx4700 is
> sparse
> > at best. I have had to convert back to Win mobile which has been very
> > painful for me. Any info is appreciated.
> >
> >
> >
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Received on Sun Dec 16 2007 - 04:34:11 EST