serial install issues
David Friggens <[email protected]>
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Hi, I've been trying to install Familiar 0.8.4 on my iPaq h5550 but seem to have run into a brick wall. My guess is that possibly the serial cable from the cradle isn't working, but I'm hoping that maybe there's something else I've missed. On the PDA side: I installed the bootloader no problem, using wireless in wince, then joypad-reset it and pressed the calender button. It's sitting firmly in the cradle, with the serial cable (not the USB) connected to the PC. On the desktop side: The serial port seems to be working - I tested it with a modem. I've set up minicom in line with the instructions I've seen in various places (115200, 8N1, no flow control), but nothing happens. From all accounts minicom should bring up the boot prompt from the ipaq, but it just stays offline. I'm getting nothing from the iPaq either - a blank screen (which is expected) and no lights. It doesn't appear to be a brick though, as it buzzes each time I joypad-reset. This is a bit frustrating, as it's effectively a brick to me at the moment. Is there anything obvious I've missed, or am I going to have to track down a second-hand cradle somewhere? Thanks David _______________________________________________ The Familiar Linux Distribution Familiar mailing list [email protected] https://handhelds.org/mailman/listinfo/familiar irc://irc.freenode.net #familiar