Re: [jornada] Questions from a newbie with a 720

On 4/21/05, Colin Sauze <cjs0_at_aber.ac.uk> wrote:
> John Kiniston wrote:
>
> >Howdy,
> >
> >Is there a current list archive for this mailing list?
> >I only see a period in November of last year on the archive linked to
> >for the list page.
> >
> >
> Have a look at http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.handhelds.linux.jornada
>
> >Is there a fourm somewhere for people using linux on their 720's?
> >
> >
> I think its just this list.
>
> >Is it possible to install Linux on a 720 using just a CF card in the
> >bottom slot?
> >
> >
> yes but suspend doesn't work properly.
>
> >If so does PCMCIA work? Can I use my old Wavelan silver card for
> >Internet access?
> >
> >
> Should do
>
> >I have a 32mb CF and I'm prepared to buy a larger card if it works.
> >
> >
> >
> You'll probably want a big more space than that, you can get linux
> running in 32 meg but it won't do very much.
>
> More more info See:
>
> http://radiolivre.org/darksnow/jornada/
>
> http://homepage1.nifty.com/kyou-kyou/jornada/en/howto_install001.html
>
> http://acid.ch.pw.edu.pl/~sq5bpf/mylinux/j720/
>
> http://people.debian.org/~dexter/j720/boot/
>

Thank you Colin,

I now have a 128mb CF card and I've installed the image from kyou-kyou
above and it works to an extent.

I've also tried some of the other kernels I've found and had limited
success with those as well.

Is there anywhere I can get a 2.6 kernel that would work with the
gpe-image-jornada720-20050407154438.rootfs.tar.bz2 tarball I've found
in the familiure project files? I've tried the kernel sitting in the
boot dir of that tarball but it just causes the Jornada to hang and
requires me to pull the battery from the CF compartment to re-set it.

Oh, I've also got another hardware question, would this Microdrive
work in the bottom slot of the 720 :
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=GS1022C-N&cat=RAM

It's just slightly more expensive than the 1GB CF cards I've found so
it sounds like a good deal if it would work.

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