Re: Re[2]: [jornada] Linux & Jornada 720 HOW-TO installation

The Jornada 720 isn't flash based, so no worries. It does make it a pain to get
linux running though.

I've been told that feeding a root image via hpcboot.exe may work (haven't
tried). Also there is the initramfs patch and CIBD patch which let you compile
a RAM disk into the kernel (which lets you run cardmgr to load PCMCIA drivers to
access your CF/PCMCIA cars).

Once I get mine all working I'd like to put a How-to together since all the
information is currently spread around between lots of people.

I have links to a number of helpfull pages on my site:
http://www.phed.org/~meddington/jornada720.html

Should get you started.

-mike

Quoting "A.Titoff" <titoff@lada-inter.net>:

> Hello Jacek,
>
> I am about to install the Linux on my Jornada 720, but I am afraid
> that i will not manage to put back WindowsCE as some owners of iPaq.
> Will the way you describe allow my Jornada boot WindowsCE if i want?
>
> Thank you,
> Alex.
>
> Wednesday, April 03, 2002, 10:44:05 PM, you wrote:
>
> JL> On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Phongsak wrote:
>
> >> I am new to this list and I don't know how to install linux to my Jornada
>
> >> 720. I couldn't find any document on Jornada 720 Status (Greg
> >> Berenfield's) website.
> >>
> >> Could you tell where I can get a document of how to install linux on
> >> Jornada? There should be some document scattering around, but there is
>
> >> none that has a complete instruction. If there is none, I am willing to
>
> >> combine those and create the complete one for the website.
>
> JL> i haven't seen any "howto" documents except those for the ipaq. since i
> JL> haven't found anything i have tried to document the steps needed for a
> JL> jornada to boot linux and give you a shell via the serial port.
>
> JL> check http://acid.ch.pw.edu.pl/~sq5bpf/mylinux/linux-jornada720/
>
> JL> the rest is straight forward: compile a kernel with pcmcia support,
> JL> compile pcmcia_cs for strongarm processors, put in on the ramdisk
> image,
> JL> boot the kernel, launch cardmgr, copy some linux distribution to a CF
> card
> JL> on the jornada via the network, chroot to the cf card, exec init etc..
>
> JL> i will update the above page when i get my hands on a jornada again
>
> JL> jacek
>
>
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Received on Thu Apr 04 20:53:56 2002