3800 will run Intimate

Gentlemen,
    After being very frustrated by the "New" install method for
familiar, I found a way to install and run it using usb networking, a
single sleeve, and 256M CF card. It seems to me that the vfat partition
on CF for the new install, can be corrupted very easily by just removing
a file in /boot, and/or replacing a file there.

my method is:

1.Set up usb networking on your ipaq....between the ipaq and PC (make
sure you have your PC doing MASQ for the ipaq's network. ( I then ssh
into the ipaq to do the install)

2. Running gpe with Fdisk installed, Fdisk /dev/hda , and make 2
primary partitions.
    The first one Linux, and the second Linux Swap.
3. Install the reiserfs module for your system, and make sure that you
can mount the CF card.
    then umount it.
4.Run the old intimate installer(mkdir -p /tmp/intimate && cd
/tmp/intimate && wget http://intimate.handhelds.org/installer/installer
&& sh installer)
5.When the install starts I answer NO to all the first questions about
fdisk the HD....ect, but Y to mkrieserts on /dev/hda1... and Y to
mkswap on /dev/hda2.. ... and Y to turn swap-on.
then the installer will ask if you want to mount /dev/hda1...answer Y...
and again Y to sync with the server. (This will install the base
system on your CF Card) I then install .debs and answer all the questions.
6.Now the fun part..... reboot and mount the CF HD. Next I stop the
gpe display manager using /etc/init.d/gpe-dm stop ..... and chroot to
/mnt/hda1... which will give you the bash intimate prompt. At this
point you can start the intimate display with "/etc/init.d/x start".

 From the bash prompt you can also update or install any intimate
programs you want just by apt-get "program name" !!
This method works on the 3800, because you have the kernel and screen
drivers loaded for gpe, thus when you start intimate it will work fine.

Thanks for your time
Mark Berry (flypiper)
Received on Tue Oct 29 13:48:26 2002