Re: Can't upgrade ROM

Tim Sawchuck wrote:
> Three questions, may sound silly, but I cannot tell you how many times....

Not silly at all, Tim.  It's amazing how often I have a customer with a 
"faulty" printer, where the power switch has mysteriously moved itself 
to the off position!


> 1- CF is formatted fat16, NOT fat32?

YES, & even reformatted it as FAT16 under Windoze.


> 2- Renamed files to zImage (NO extension) and initrd.bin?  (If done
> under windows, it will hide extensions.

YES.  Tried copying files to CF under Linux (RH9) & WinXP - No difference.


> 3- Power cord is plugged directly into the bottom of the Zaurus during
> flash?

YES, & it's the proper Sharp PSU.



The way that it does its flashing LED nonsense, even when re-installing 
2.39, makes me suspect that something is wrong with the firmware that 
does the actual updating.  However, I thought that installing a Sharp 
OSPACK overwrote the loader.

I think I'll buy another CF card, & see if that makes any difference.



Andrew
AAT Computer Services