Re: [jornada] Jornada 720

From: Peter Gerwinski <peter_at_gerwinski.de>
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 10:32:32 +0100

Per-Øyvind Bruun wrote:
> I'v just got a quick question about installing linux on a jornada
> 720. From what iv read i need a serial cable todo so. When i
> bought my 720 i got a usb thingy for it, but no serial cable.
> Isn't it possible to use the usb or infrared?

With mine, there came a cable with a USB connector on one and a
9-pin connector on the other end. It may look like an USB cable
first, but in fact it is a serial one.

> Im trying to find a place to get a serial cable for it, but i cant
> understand where im suppose to connect it to the jornada. Anyways,
> if anyone knows a way to install linux without having to connect
> it to my workstation and such with a serial, please give me some
> help.

If you have a CF card, you can put it into a PCMCIA adapter and run
fdisk etc. from an ordinary notebook.

Hope this helps,

    Peter

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