Re: Familiar Linux and HARD-RESET (on old iPAQ 3630)

Sylvain Letellier pisze:
> Hello, 
>
> I want to replace the weak battery of my iPAQ 3630,
> where I've installed Familiar 0.8.4.
>
> I read some "Do It Yourself" and other "How-to", that
> STRONGLY recommend to do an HARD-RESET of the iPAQ
> before the beginning of this operation.
>
> ( An hard reset is when the switch behind the door on
> the bottom left of the iPAQ is thrown ) 
> HARD-RESET : 
> ----------
> "When thrown back on, the iPAQ will have lost all
> installed software and revert to its original factory
> configuration "
>
>
> ==> If I do this hard-reset, will I have to install
> again all the Familiar 0.8.4 in the Flash-ROM ?
>   
AFAIK no, on hard-reset you lost only things that are stored in RAM
(with old windows (pre v5.0) all apps & data were stored in RAM-disk,
that's why there is that soft/hard-reset thing). With Familiar, all data
is stored in flash, and RAM is flushed on reboot.
> ==> Did someone replace the battery of an LINUX-iPAQ
> series 3630/3760 ? 
> How did you exactly do for having no loss of data /
> linux system ?
>
> Thanks in advance for any advice.
>
> Sylvain LETELLIER
>
>
>
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