[Gllug] zaurus problem

[brad]

i use my thumb and press all the keys around c & d then hold and press reset
then release reset before releasing the c,d keys

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Leigh" <MikeL at hornbill.com>
To: "'Greater London Linux Users Group'" <gllug at gllug.org.uk>
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 1:23 PM
Subject: RE: [Gllug] zaurus problem


> Hi,
>
> When flashing have you got the battery cover off and pressed the reset at
> the same time you press the c + d keys ?
>
> IIRC the procedure is as follows
> 1) initrd.bin and zImage on a CF card
> 2) slide the battery switch to replace battery
> 3) simultaenously press the reset switch (near battery) and the c and d
> key.  Its not a simple operation even with two hands as I am sure you will
> notice while attempting this.
> 4) keep the keys pressed until the lights come on.  you should get 2
> lights that stay on now.
> 5) wait for about 3 to 12 minutes
> 6) turn on your zaurus
>
> If you get xmms to work with openzaurus 3.3.5 then I would appreciate some
> help.  I have to use OpiePlayer with 3.3.6 (beta)
>
> hth
>
> Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Norton [mailto:bredroll at atari.org]
> Sent: 27 July 2004 13:47
> To: gllug at gllug.org.uk
> Subject: [Gllug] zaurus problem
>
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Ive noticed recently that there are a number of zaurus users about,
>
> I got my zaurus sl5500 about 5 weeks ago, ive been having some bother
> with it.
>
> when it arrived (5 days after the seller warrenty ran out) from an ebay
> seller in canada it had OpenZaurus 3.2 installed, it all worked except
> that it was flashed to only have 12mb of storage, the rest of internal
> memory was for RAM,
>
> so there i was, new machine, worked, I started fiddling,
>
> it was at this point that i found that ipkg isnt as robust as stuff like
> dpkg or apt. i was trying to get my wifi card working (work on my
> laptop) when i read on the openzaurus site that i should try the newer c
> libraries and updated card services. so.. i proceeded to update these
> using my usb network connection.
>
> well, ipkg didnt seem to realise it filled up the internal storage, so,
> consequently destroyed the c libraries,
>
> now all i can do is to get it to boot right up to login, and of course,
> without any libs i cant do anything, not even get bash.
>
> if this were a normal box i might have tried something like
> init=/bin/sash on the end of the kernel command line, but no such luck.
>
> basically, ive given up trying to fix the install and decided to flash
> the machine to the newer openzaurus 3.3.5.
>
> well, after experimenting with 4 different CF cards ive not been able to
> flash the device, i can however get into it's diag menu, everything
> seems good and all the tests pass.
>
> im doing the usual flashing procedure,
>
> format cf card as fat16, (mkfs.vfat -F 16 /dev/hde1)
> copy the zImage and initrd.bin to the cf card
> unmount it
> put it into the zaurus,
> press c + d and reset while plugged into AC,
> nothing at all happens, not even a blink of an LED.
>
> as it happens, all of the cf cards i have, turned out to be made by
> toshiba and i have a sneaking suspicion this could be the problem.
>
> can anyone help? anyone willing to lend me thier CF card known to work
> when flashing one of these?
>
> my next resort is to send it to sharp, but even if they do pick up the
> phone i expect it would be cheaper to buy another device. grrr...
>
> regards
>
> Ian
>
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