Re: Can we flash Zaurus SL-B500 (Japanese) withSL-5600 ROM?

"Greg Conquest" <[email protected]> Fri, 28 Nov 2003 22:33:27 +0900
Newsgroups gmane.comp.handhelds.zaurus.general
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I'm sorry, but I can't help you any further on this. All I know is that when
you get a flash update package, it consists of four or so files. One or two
of them have lines that need to be changed for the flash to work on a B500.
Since no one else has answered here, I'd suggest you ask on another forum
http://www.zaurus.com/dev/board/index.php?showforum=3

     ----- Greg Conquest -----
      http://gregconquest.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "Zuki" <[email protected]>
To: "Greg Conquest" <[email protected]>;
<[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 7:54 AM
Subject: Re: [Zaurus-general] Can we flash Zaurus SL-B500 (Japanese)
withSL-5600 ROM?


> Greg,
>
> Many thanks! He has no intention to keep the Japanese handwriting so we
> will go ahead and flash it using SL-5600 ROM. Can you or anyone else in
> this forum can point me on what configuration files do we need to
> modify? On the other hand, is there a way to go back to the original ROM
> in case something goes wrong? I presume this will be done by flash it
> back with the original ROM (hopefully it is available somewhere in the
> internet).
>
> Regards,
> Zuki
>
> Greg Conquest wrote:
> > They're not flashing because they want to keep the Japanese handwriting
> > recognition, I would guess. I have heard that you can flash the B500 to
an
> > English OS (Sharp's 5600 or the Proto ROM or . . .
> > http://gregconquest.com/zaurus.html#links )  You use the regular flash
> > procedure and files, but you have to edit some of the lines in some of
the
> > configuration files. Maybe someone here can tell you the specifics.
>
>
>