Re: How to install Familiar on a Jornada 720

Just some reflections :)


>From: Swithun Crowe <[email protected]>
>To: Pablo Manuel Rizzo <[email protected]>
>CC: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [jornada] How to install Familiar on a Jornada 720
>Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 23:27:30 +0100 (BST)
>
>Hello
>
>PMR Hi there, what do I need in order to install familiar linux in my
>PMR j720? Where do I get a howto, the familiar images, etc? Is it usable
>PMR or experimental?
= Familiar linux doesnt have support for the 7xx in their latest release 
(please correct me if Im wrong).

>
>The first thing is to get a 512Mb CompactFlash card. You can get a smaller
>one, but you mustn't get a bigger one (I think) or it won't be recognised
>(or the excess won't be).
= Wrong... Although we cannot be sure about the exact limit, theres no 
problem what so ever with 2GB cards (and probobly anything up to 8GB will 
work fine)

>
>Then, there are quite a few HOWTOs around. I used:
>
>http://radiolivre.org/darksnow/jornada/
>http://www.lowlevel.cz/log/pivot/entry.php?id=41
>
>and links from these pages. Searching for "jornada 720 familiar linux"
>will get you all the help you need.
>
>You probably want to follow the instructions for no flashboard, which
>means a 2.4.X kernel is the best choice at the moment.
= We got a good 2.6 kernel now. Its faster, more dependable and with better 
support. So lets use is. Michaels 2.4 patches are good though.

>
> >From what I remember, you partition the card into a small FAT partition
>and a large EXT2 partition. Then you copy some files (bootloader, kernel,
>initrd) onto the FAT partition. Then you unpack a distro on the EXT2
>partition. Then you are ready to rock.
>
>Without a PCMCIA wireless card, the Jornada isn't up to much. You will
>need a 16bit one: Zcom XI-325 PCMCIA Wireless LAN PC Card, which you can
>get for less that 30 euros. You need to have a file
>/etc/modutils/orinoco_cs.conf which says:
>
>options orinoco_cs ignore_cis_vcc=1
>
>for the card to work.
>
>I would get the GPE version of Familiar. Then if you don't like it, you
>can try OPIE, or get the barebones version and track down a WM that is
>compiled for ARM/Familiar.
>
>Hope some of this helps.
>
>Swithun.
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