Re: [jornada] Jornada 568

The 568 does indeed have a flash-rom. Linux has been
(slowly!) coming to life on this platform and we are getting
ready for an "alpha" distribution. The main thing remaining
at this point is to merge the Jornada support into the
Ipaq bootldr so that one Wince program can be used
to install either type of device.

Since the Flash is so small, I doubt that there is any
real possibility of doing dual boot (you probably would
not have enough space to comfortably run either Wince
or Linux).

I am not familiar with anyone who has made much progress
on a port to the 680. It has been quite difficult getting
any sort of information about this device from the
hardware development team and without this data
it is quite difficult to make progress.

Thanks
jca

Damien Connolly wrote:

> Andrew
>
> Good question. I have a 680e and was wondering if it will run
> Linux. Does a compatability list exist some place anyone?
>
> ___________________________
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Glassby [mailto:adg_at_glassby.demon.co.uk]
> Sent: Tuesday, 23 July 2002 10:58 a.m.
> To: jornada_at_handhelds.org
> Subject: [jornada] Jornada 568
>
> Bit of a newbies question I'm afraid:
>
> - Am I right in thinking that the 568 has a Flash-ROM? If so does this
> mean that Wince could be a thing of the past on my PDA? Is there a flash
> program to do this?
>
> - How do I go about getting the required software/files to effect a
> change to Linux on my 568
>
> - Is is possible to dual boot until I'm happy that Linux is stable
> enough to be truly useful on my Jornada? If so how
>
> - Any ideas how long the 568 will be supported by HP? Should I be
> looking at ebay for a 720?
>
> thanks in advance
>
> Regards
>
> Andrew Glassby
Received on Mon Jul 22 2002 - 23:50:18 EDT