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What is Rover project?
Current status
Devices description
Booting Linux on Rover P5+
Downloads
Project People
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Rover project is porting linux to RoverPC PDA's (http://www.roverpc.ru). Most of Rover handhelds are just MITAC clones.
Now we are working on two devices: RoverPC P1 (Mitac Mio 336), RoverPC P5+ (also Mitac, but don't know the model).
See wiki page.
| Model |
RoverPC P5+ |
RoverPC P1 (Mitac Mio 336) |
| CPU |
Intel PXA255/Cotulla 400MHz |
Intel PXA255/Cotulla 300MHz |
| RAM |
64MByte SDRAM |
64MByte SDRAM |
| ROM |
32Mbyte Intel Strata flash |
32Mbyte Intel Strata flash (28F256L30/K3) |
| AC and digitizer |
WM9705 |
WM9705 |
| Video |
MediaQ-1188 |
pxafb |
| Slots |
CF and SD/SDIO/MMC |
SD/SDIO/MMC (pxammc) |
Remember! all things you are going to do is on your responsibility ONLY!!!
To get Linux on your Rover P5+ mashine you need to download rootfs, zImage, initrd files. You also need kernel loader (HARET) and a its conf-file for this PDA.
Take a CF-card and split it into two parts: FAT and EXT2(~50Mb). Put the contents of rootfs.tar.bz2 on your EXT2-partition and all other files on the FAT one.
Make a qbackup in winCE and save it on FAT partition of CF card. Now you are ready to load the kernel (all you unsaved data will be lost). Run haret.exe binary and tap "Run" button. After the thermometer goes red, screen blanks. Wait till OPIE fully starts.
To return to win CE just make a hard reset (hold the wheel button pressed and tap the reset).
It's better to connect your Rover P5+ to serial port and control the boot-process through terminal.
- Konstantine A. Beklemishev, Russia konstantine at r66 dot ru
- Alex I. Ziranov, Russia estyler at users dot sourceforge dot net
- Stanislav V. Bobikin, Russia stcor at mail dot ru
- Great thanks to Andrew Zabolotny aka zap for help
The RoverComputers Company had kindly supplied us with PDAs.
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