Re: [iPAQ] ERROR RESTORING POCKET PC

Hello Jose,

First stop SHOUTING. It hurts my ears.

Second please validate you wince_image.gz with with:

  gzip -vt wince_image.gz

if your image is good, then you just need to reset your ipaq and start again.

Best Regards,

--George

On Wednesday 26 February 2003 06:16 am, Jose Javier Merseguer wrote:
> Dear handhelds family,
>
> I am RESTORING POCKET PC FROM wince_image.gz
> and I have received the message "ERROR LIMIT EXCEEDED",
> since in the Restoring instructions you indicate:
>
> "Warning: Please carefully read the messages produced
> by the following commands. Should you receive an error
> message of any kind, DO NOT PROCEED. Please send
> a message to ipaq@handhelds.org"
>
> what should I do?
> I am waiting for your answer
>
> The following details can be useful. The state
> is the following
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>-------- boot> load root
> partition root is a jffs2 partition:
> expecting .jffs2 or wince_image.gz
> After receiving file, will automatically uncompress .gz images
> loading flas region root
> using xmodem
> reading xmodem download..
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>-----
>
> After five minutes of transmission the error
> "ERROR LIMIT EXCEEDED" in a windows window
> has appear.
>
>
> I am using:
> - IPAQ 3970: Linux Familiar with Bootloader 2.19.56 and
> bootgpe2-pbh7-h3900.jffs2
> - Desktop: Win-98 using HyperTerminal and transfering
> wince_image.gz using X-Modem
>
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Best regards.
Received on Wed Feb 26 23:49:17 2003