RE: [iPAQ] /dev/flash6

If you have upgrade to V0.15 or V0.16 you will not have any problems. I
would recomend V0.16.

--George

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tanikella, Rajanikanth [mailto:raj@scr.siemens.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 3:18 PM
> To: ipaq@handhelds.org
> Subject: RE: [iPAQ] /dev/flash6
>
>
> Does this mean *any* writes to /dev/flash6 could hose the
> machine? I have
> /usr/local mounted as an ext2 on /dev/flash6, and I was about
> to try out
> Carl Worth's work on Kaffe there. Should I reconsider?
>
> Raj
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jg@pa.dec.com [mailto:jg@pa.dec.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 2:59 PM
> To: Ola Carlvik
> Cc: ipaq@handhelds.org
> Subject: Re: [iPAQ] /dev/flash6
>
>
> In old releases (pre 0.15, if I remember) creating anything
> in /dev/flash6
> could turn your iPAQ into an expensive paperweight...
>
> In v0.16, you can use the partition: if you have an iPAQ with
> 16 meg of
> flash, you'll end up with about 3 megabytes free: if you have
> 32 meg, you'll
> get around 19.
> - Jim
>
> --
> Jim Gettys
> Technology and Corporate Development
> Compaq Computer Corporation
> jg@pa.dec.com
>
> _______________________________________________
> iPAQ mailing list
> iPAQ@handhelds.org
> http://handhelds.org/mailman/listinfo/ipaq
> _______________________________________________
> iPAQ mailing list
> iPAQ@handhelds.org
> http://handhelds.org/mailman/listinfo/ipaq
>
Received on Thu Oct 5 12:40:39 2000