Hi all, I recently bought an ipaq. I know there are are a few members of the wlug that have and ipaq with linux running. I have done some looking about on the net and i have found a hand full of options or a linux distro to put on the ipaq. I am curious to hear what the group's experience are with linux and the ipaq, and if you have any suggestions/warnings. Thanks --Brad
The Familiar distro is good. It can be found off www.handhelds.org , if you have not found that site already. As far as warnings, just be careful when flashing the bootloader. Make sure you follow the instructions exactly. Also, if you do install linux and attempt to re-install WinCE and happen to get any errors while flashing the device, don't turn it off. There used to be a bug, that probably has been fixed by now, where some of the sectors in the last 4MB were not erased properly by the bootloader thus could not be flashed. Most likely you will not run into this issue, but as a general rule if you experience errors while flashing the device, don't turn it off until you have fixed the problem. Have fun, Brad ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bradford J. Snow bradford@wpi.edu 508 - 831-6538 WPI CS/EE '01 Executive Council and Events Chair of WPI ACM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Brad Noyes wrote:
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 16:43:25 -0400 From: Brad Noyes <maitre@ccs.neu.edu> Reply-To: wlug@mail.wlug.org To: wlug@wlug.org Subject: [Wlug] ipaq
Hi all, I recently bought an ipaq. I know there are are a few members of the wlug that have and ipaq with linux running. I have done some looking about on the net and i have found a hand full of options or a linux distro to put on the ipaq. I am curious to hear what the group's experience are with linux and the ipaq, and if you have any suggestions/warnings.
Thanks --Brad _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug@mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug
Actually, this is a great thread. I've been in the market for a Linux-based PDA and am unsure how to proceed. Agenda's offer is right out because I want a color screen (for the gameboy emulator), and I really don't feel like waiting until October for Yopy, but I will if I have to. Should I go out and buy an iPaq, flash it, and install Linux? Or should I wait for Yopy, even though it doesn't use X. Wes On 06 Jun 2001 17:31:00 -0400, Bradford J Snow wrote:
The Familiar distro is good. It can be found off www.handhelds.org , if you have not found that site already.
As far as warnings, just be careful when flashing the bootloader. Make sure you follow the instructions exactly. Also, if you do install linux and attempt to re-install WinCE and happen to get any errors while flashing the device, don't turn it off. There used to be a bug, that probably has been fixed by now, where some of the sectors in the last 4MB were not erased properly by the bootloader thus could not be flashed. Most likely you will not run into this issue, but as a general rule if you experience errors while flashing the device, don't turn it off until you have fixed the problem.
Have fun, Brad
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bradford J. Snow bradford@wpi.edu 508 - 831-6538 WPI CS/EE '01 Executive Council and Events Chair of WPI ACM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Brad Noyes wrote:
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 16:43:25 -0400 From: Brad Noyes <maitre@ccs.neu.edu> Reply-To: wlug@mail.wlug.org To: wlug@wlug.org Subject: [Wlug] ipaq
Hi all, I recently bought an ipaq. I know there are are a few members of the wlug that have and ipaq with linux running. I have done some looking about on the net and i have found a hand full of options or a linux distro to put on the ipaq. I am curious to hear what the group's experience are with linux and the ipaq, and if you have any suggestions/warnings.
Thanks --Brad _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug@mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug
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