On Saturday 03 February 2001 12:21, Dirk Aust wrote:
> Hello,
> I encountered a problem I set a kernel variable wrong. Because of this
> mistake the kernel doesn't come up anymore, I know it is possible to get
> into the bootloader menu by pressing SPACE during reboot, but because
> the kernel doesn' come up I have to press the reset botton on the bottom
> of the iPAQ, but I can't do this while in craddle but if the iPAQ is not
> in the craddle I can't press SPACE on the console.
>
> Does anybody has an idea how to reboot while in craddle or how get into
> the bootmanager menu without the serial console right after reset?
What version of of the bootloader are you using? AFAIK with the recent
versions >= (2.10.4) of the bootloader, you should have plenty of time to hit
the reset button, put the ipaq on the cradle, and hit the space bar to get a
boot prompt.
-- Regards, Devin.Received on Sat Feb 3 14:54:14 2001
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