[iPAQ] load bootldr problems

From: Mark K. Gardner <mkg.a.t.lanl.gov>
Date: Fri Sep 07 2001 - 13:29:34 EDT

Hi,

I have an iPAQ H3670 (64MB US) and I am trying to install Linux.

So far I have been able to save the flash (verifying the md5sums with
the second set posted on [1]). After futzing around, I got minicom on
Linux to talk with the osloader on the iPAQ so I have "boot>". I type
"load bootldr" and then start sending bootldr-0000-2.14.8 via xmodem.
(minicom uses sx -vv to send.) A whole bunch of messages scroll by in
the dialog box too quickly to read. It stops with the following lines:

  Xmodem sectors/kbytes sent: 788/98kRetry 0: NAK on sector
  Retry 0: NAK on sector
  No ACK on EOT

  Transfer incomplete

  READY: press any key to continue...

Nothing every happens on the iPAQ. In particular, I do not see
"verifying ... done.". Thus I suspect that the bootloader is not
properly installed. However, "peek flash 0x0" prints EA00008E and
"peek flash 0x20" prints 646C7462 as it should. Naturally, I am
nervous about continuing on with the installation process.

Is bootldr installed or not? If it isn't, what should I do next?
(Repeating the process doesn't get me anywhere.) If it is, is it safe
to continue?

[1] http://www.handhelds.org/projects/wincerestoration.html

Mark

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Los Alamos National Laboratory
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Received on Fri Sep 7 09:32:43 2001

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