Re: help installing familiar & OPIE on h5150 & h5550

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> Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 13:56:48 -0400
> From: Alexis Davis <[email protected]>
> Subject: [Familiar] help installing familiar & OPIE on h5150 & h5550
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> hi, guy's....
> 
> I am tying to install Familiar 0.8.4 stable with OPIE image on 4 hand 
> helds all are IPAQ's, h3970, h5150, h5550 & hx4700.
> 
> So far i only been able to install familiar 0.8.4 stable with OPIE image 
> on the h3970 with no problem following the instructions on 
> HANDHELDS.ORG, the only thing i need to do is to setup the network & usb 
> to download of the feed's the updates to ipkg's and am on my way....
> 
> But the instructions on HANDHELDS.ORG regarding the H5150 don't work, i 
> have tried older versions of bootloaders & OPIE images and no luck, the 
> close thing to a bootup i got was of familiar 0.8.0 bootloader which 
> came up with the black screen with linux logo but no "Please wait: 
> booting.."
> 
> Any info regarding how to install familiar 0.8.4 stable and OPIE image 
> on h5150 & h5550 would be appreciated....
> 
> Thanks  Alexis Davis
Hi Alexis,

well, RTFM ;-). The bootloader on h5xxx is not able to show you anything 
  :-(, you have to connect via serial console ( minicom or HyperTerm ) 
to see what happens. Perhaps, its waiting for you on the bootloader 
prompt ;-) ... sometimes it needs ( multiple ) resets to successfully 
boot. On the other hand, why don't you use Angstrom 2007.12 ( unstable 
for h5xxx, but quite stable ) ?

Cheers
Klaus

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Mit freundlichen Grüssen / best regards

Klaus Strebel, Dipl.-Inform. (FH), mailto:[email protected]

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