Re: [jornada] { and APM

Hi Peter!!

this is a great news!!

Can you please write a small document that explains to dummies (like me) abt
linux installation on jornada. a sort of installation guide.

Thanks in advance

cheers!!
Pramod.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Harvey" <pharvey_at_codebydesign.com>
To: "jornada" <jornada_at_handhelds.org>
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 12:15 PM
Subject: [jornada] { and APM

> Having Linux on the Jornada 720 is pretty cool and it works better than
> expected. Linux on a PDA makes even more sense when combined with the
> Jornada 720 form-factor (for me anyway).
>
> I have found that mouse support is pretty good (i.e. touch screen) just
> as long as you do not try to recalibrate. I was also happy to see
> support for my Socket LE ethernet card. I stuck it in and with a little
> help from DHCP... I was on the net. I did nothing other than stick the
> card in. Also my 256 meg CF card works great. I just formatted it for
> ext2 (because the system was not built with FAT support) and mounted it
> as an ide device.
>
> The two issues I have with my Jornada 720 and Linux combo are;
>
> 1. APM support. It sucks to have to yank the batteries out when I finish
> using it. Particularly since the only static content must be on
> something like a CF.
>
> 2. Inability to use Yellow keys such as '{'. This stops me in my tracks
> when it comes to doing a little C coding.
>
> It is for these two reasons I have not bothered to go very far with
> installing additional software such as the GNU development tools.
>
> I would like to encourage the folks at HP to continue to explore Linux
> on their PDA's and, in particular, the Jornada 720 form factor.
>
> Having X on the Jornada is cool. An alternative would be Qt/Embedded.
>
> 'dual booting' would be great. I could have a CF card loaded with an OS
> and boot it. Now that would be very useful. I understand that some work
> is being done on this.
>
> I will continue to monitor this mailing list in the hopes of seeing
> either of my issues (1 & 2) corrected or any other improvements.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Peter
>
> BTW: Please do not make any new models without burnable ROM. :))
>
>
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Received on Mon Mar 18 2002 - 03:22:40 EST