[Fwd: Re: [sclug] PDA's?]

[Graham Balharrie]

Thanks everyone for their input... I have found TONS (literaly) of resources
about the Zaurus and Linux ON it...  and it has really excited me into
wanting one...
but my only problem is that nowhere seems to actually SELL them :0S

All the places I have looked so far, including the expansys site, have
discontinued selling even the reconditioned ones :S

I am at a loss... Can anyone help?

Thanks
Graham Balharrie


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Masters" <jonathan at jonmasters.org>
To: "Silicon Corridor LUG" <sclug at sclug.org.uk>
Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 2:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: [sclug] PDA's?]


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> Matt wrote:
>
> jcm>>I also have a Zaurus SL-5500 running Open Zaurus.
> jcm>>I have moved the majority of the root filesystem
> jcm>>contents to SD Card and Compact Flash and find
> jcm>>it quite adequate for using on the train or bus
> jcm>>while the USB charger I bought helps with battery life.
>
> | I've not gone quite that far yet, but I do try and install packages to
> | SD, and use the CF card just for data so I don't lose too much if I use
> | the WiFi card instead. I will probably move the root over to SD entirely
> | at some point.
>
> I also have the Buffalo Wifi card and indeed keep mp3s on my Compact
> Flash so that I only lose some music etc. if I use wifi.
>
> | I've not had the same problem with CF media, in fact I have a SanDisk
> | Ultra card that has been formatted for both BSD and Linux and used as a
> | root disk for embedded hardware with no trouble. It's now happy in my
> | Zaurus as 'data' storage.
>
> I would now check any card I used I feel. The Open Zaurus environment
> ships with badblocks installed.
>
> | Mine died quite soon after converting to ext2fs and installing a few
> | packages, suddenly it just shredded itself and no running of badblocks,
> | e2fsck, etc. would complete successfully without tying itself up in
> | knots.
>
> They factory format to FAT16 or FAT32 for larger cards so any bad blocks
> on there are cunningly hidden from regular camera users.
>
> Who would notice if 4K of a photo image was damaged?
> [ no need for anal responses please. ]
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jon.
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