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Zaurus - Other distros support / ROM version does not show on my SL-C3000

« on: October 28, 2023, 04:26:47 pm »

I have fiddled a lot with my SL-C3000 over the years and ended up reformatting and restoring the hard drive, using the image from trisoft's site. It is now running as far as I can tell but there is one odd thing: when I launch the info application and go to the third tab, it says that the ROM Version is "--.-- JP", which is rather peculiar.

Has anyone seen this? Is this a problem with the image file from trisoft? I am rather keen on getting everything back to where they were when I bought the thing so obviously I am slightly disturbed by this anomaly.

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Zaurus - Other distros support / Re: Original dictionary files for SL-C3000

« on: October 28, 2023, 04:08:04 pm »

So I am finally done and wanted to share my experiences:

My original problem was that I had reformatted the internal drive and that was why I had lost the dictionary files. The thing is that the root file system, the one that gets restored when one performs a factory reset is mounted on /hdd2, whereas the dictionary files are stored on /hdd3/dict1 and /hdd3/dict2 but accessed through soft links at /hdd2/QtPalmtop/.

Since I had reformatted the drive and then restored it with the file system dump from Trisoft, the contents of the partition /hdd3 was lost and that is why my dictionary did not work.

Luckily are those directories (with content) on the original CDs and I had them so what I ended up doing after a factory reset was to install the terminal application that is on the first CD and copy the dictionary directories (dict1  from CD1 and dict2 from CD2) to a SD card. I then launched the terminal and copied those two to /hdd3 and everything is back to normal.

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Zaurus - Other distros support / Re: Original dictionary files for SL-C3000

« on: October 17, 2023, 04:44:33 am »

Pure luck had it that I had managed to save (and find!) copies of the contents of the 2 CDs that came with the device. It looks as if there are dictionary files in there but I have no idea where in the file tree they should go so if you could please consult your reference device and find out where the correct file location is, I would be very grateful.

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Zaurus - Other distros support / Original dictionary files for SL-C3000

« on: October 12, 2023, 03:25:03 am »

I have reset my SL-C3000 to factory state but one casualty in this process was the dictionary files -- does anyone have them? Ultimately would I like to restore it to as pristine state as possible, i.e., full Japanese installation with all that came with the unit when it was new. I don't know if this is possible or not but would definitely like to try.

And if anyone has done something similar, please share your experiences.

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Zaurus - Other distros support / Re: Need ROM for c3000

« on: October 12, 2023, 03:22:17 am »

Firstly I think the proper key combo is D+B.

An original ROM image can be found on trisoft's site (yes, it is still alive, after all these years): http://www.trisoft.de/download/SLC3000SYSPART.zip

Hope that this helps