Re: manual image installation with the hh.org bootldr - was Bootldr updater image - for easy one-step installation!!

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On Wednesday, 22 December 2004 at 12:12:56 (+0100), Chris Martin wrote:
> Yeah, as soon as this is released to the public we can do that. The hh.=
org
> bootldr is pretty well documented at handhelds.org also.

Attached my own install ntes (whenever I install something I take
notes) base on yours. Usually I put everything I do on my machines in
a .txt file - including what I remove and what I install [btw 3.5.2
feed is missing - you have to add that]

> The problem is not the bootldr itself. The problem as far as I understa=
nd it
> is that the CE Images were modified to work with the Siemens bootlader.=
 So
> it seems there is something in the CE Images that isn't standard.
> The hh.org bootldr has been able to boot CE almost from the beginning (=
at
> least on the iPAQs).
> Walter, maybe you can explain this in detail and maybe you have a solut=
ion
> how we can get the CE Images to work with the hh.org bootldr.

I saw some very interesting websites about dual and triple boot using
bootldr on an ipaq. Basically, you just say which part of the wince
image is loaded into which part of the ram.

IMHO, if we knew which modifications had been applied to the CE image,
that should be possible (supposing the CE image contains a mix of
specific instructions to load something at some place in the RAM,
followed by what to load)

> But to answer yout question - with the right ROM (there are two simpadS=
L.rom
> and simpadCL.rom) you could reinstall the Siemens bootloader from CF th=
e way
> you mentioned. Since the bootldr partition is protected you would have =
to
> run two commands before the copy command:

May I suggest to put these files online when the new install
instructions will be official? Could help those who want to revert to
ce.

BTW folks - Sandisk "128 Mb + WIFI" compact flash card is now working
on linux. This means you get /dev/hda1 128Mb *AND* eth0 wifi in a
single card - a good use for the Simpad PCMCIA slot.=20

http://www.dsitri.de/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=3D21

It's now in the CVS. Only a little bug is left for concurrent IDE/Wifi
access IIRC due to pcmcia stuff.

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################################# FLASHING ###################################

0- Put both your simpad and your laptop (if you are flashing from a
laptop) on AC Power, to prevent irreversible damages on failed flash.
Connect your simpad to your laptop using a serial cable, and download on
your PC:
http://opensimpad.org/bootldr-simpad/blupdater.img
http://opensimpad.org/bootldr-simpad/opie-image-simpad-20041201014448.rootfs.jffs2

1- Flash the bootloaders:
Start minicom with settings : 38400 8N1, hardware flow control
Type : serload blupdater.img 0
Press : reset on the back of the simpad
Then see what's happening in minicom. Wait until the process is finished.
Restart minicom with settings : 115200 8N1, no hardware flow control

Now do either 2 or 2bis

2- Flash the image:
Rename opie-image-simpad-20041201014448.rootfs.jffs2 to
simpad-rootfs.jffs2, put in on a vfat formatted compact flash that you
put in the simpad

2bis- Manual installation
If you want to install the image by hand, type something on minicom
until you get boot> prompt, before step 2

Manual CF installation:
boot> copy hda1:/simpad-rootfs.jffs2 root

if that fails try: (but the copy command usually mounts CF
automatically)
boot> pcmcia insert 0
boot> vfat mount /
boot> copy hda1:/simpad-rootfs.jffs2 root

Manual serial installation:
boot> load root
then upload  rootfs via ymodem

3- Reboot
Wait until the image is flashed
Type in minicom at boot> prompt: reboot

################################# CONFIGURATION ###############################

Remove
#########

atmelwlandriver
kernel-module-8390
kernel-module-bt3c-cs
kernel-module-btuart-cs
kernel-module-dtl1-cs
kernel-module-ipv6
kernel-module-ipv6-tunnel
kernel-module-mip6-base
kernel-module-mip6-mn
kernel-module-pcnet-cs
kernel-module-serial
kernel-module-serial-cs
kernel-module-slhc
mipv6
openswan
opie-handwriting-classicset
opie-style-fresh
opie-style-metal
opie-style-phase
opie-style-web
orinono-modules

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