[iPAQ] Work proceeding on idiot proof boot process ?!?

From: Nils Heidorn <nils_heidorn.a.t.gmx.de>
Date: Wed Nov 01 2000 - 04:31:44 EST

Hi !

Reading all those messages about dead or halfdead ipaqs doesn't really push
me into trying it myself, so the question comes up:

Is there anything going on to write an OS-Loader that could coexist with
Windows CE ?!

->
I mean, having a simple app on your "Program" Menue called "CELinux" that
would start a Linux session, completely erasing every trace of WinCE, but as
soon as you do a Soft Reset ( or use a kind of "exit" function in this Linux
implementation ) you would be back to WinCE ?
I think with prices of CF and Microdrives coming down i'd love to have
everything but the loader on my storage card and a "normal" iPaq in the
Units' Memory ...

I mainly have 2 reasons for asking this:

-1- I am afraid of ruining my ipaq with flashing it useless ...
-2- Sorry to all you Microsoft bashers, but i NEED the PIM Functions of
Windows CE, or is there an existing Software on Linux that could sync with
my Outlook ( i hate it and i love it ), so i could have easy access to my
Contacts & Appointments in Linux ?!

Nils

Sorry for sounding so naive, but thats what i would really love :-)
Received on Wed Nov 1 01:24:23 2000

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