Re: [iPAQ] New "Restoring PocketPC" document

Hi Michael,

On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 23:41, Michael Kropfberger wrote:
> sorry, some newbie questions, but including the answers into your document
> would definitely make "end users" more confident in following the tasks:

I considered including details such as the ones you mentioned. But the main
reason for having this document is not really to inform, it's about getting
the people who want to get back to PocketPC off our backs :) I figured the
easiest way to do that is to just tell them what to do, rather than include
any technical explanations. I'm not saying that the answers shouldn't be
documented somewhere though - we probably need a separate page, maybe even a
full manual for the bootldr if someone wants to write one.

> could you point out, why you reduce the wince_image from 48KB down to 32KB?
> is it necessary or just for speedup?

I guess you meant "48MB down to 32MB". It is necessary - bootldr will complain
about the image being too large if you don't do it. I thought the extra 16MB
was the asset image, but it saves this for you separately as well. I have to
admit to not fully understanding how BootBlaster works - I have only needed
to use it once myself, when I originally installed Linux on my iPAQ.

The asset image stuff should probably be documented as well, but it is less
important, as most people won't overwrite the asset partition when they
install Linux.

> does the boot loader accept .gz files _and_ uncompressed files?

Yes. Uploading as .gz is better for two reasons: because it is faster, and
also because gzip includes a built-in checksum in the archive, so it is also
slightly safer.

> why do I have to type "boot wince" and not only "boot" when finished?

Just the way it is I guess.

> BTW, to avoid even more confusion, here are the exact file names created by
> my bootblaster-2.18 on a H55xx:
> asset_image.gz saved_bootldr.bin saved_bootldr.gz wince_image.gz
>
> so, mainly its not "wince_image.bin.gz" and "bootldr.bin", like stated in
> your document... this may sound picky, but it makes people feel more save

You're right, I have corrected this.

Cheers,
Paul
Received on Mon Dec 20 2004 - 00:28:45 EST