[iPAQ] Booting Linux on the iPAQ

Hello,

I don't have a serial cable yet, so I can't go through the fun of
flashing the ROM and installing Linux. However, I have a proposal
and was wondering if I was insane to try it...

Does the iPAQ windowsce/osloader have the ability to boot a kernel
NOT from flash? If not, where can I find the documentation needed
so that I can reset the iPAQ hardware to a state that would allow
me to try a stupid trick like this...which is similar to how I get
Linux to boot on my Cassiopeia (since the ROM can't be flashed).

Some of the code in the osloader looks useful, but I dont know how
the iPAQ hardware is laid out (it looks like it pokes some IO space
for the interrupt controller before jumping to C002somethingorother)

(I'm also looking at adding the MIPS/VR method of compiling a ramdisk
into the kernel itself...so that every time I boot linux, I just need
to copy 2 files over IR or USB...)

Someone slap me if I'm nuts or something.

Mark