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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Pdaxrom For C3000 Beta2

« on: July 20, 2006, 01:26:26 am »

I got into the situation where I wanted to revert from pdaXrom and found that I needed to make some modifications to the instructions to make them work for me, especially since some of the required software above seems to be unavailable - I'll summarize the steps:

1. Get the following:
card_update_3000111.exe form

http://support.ezaurus.com/sl-c3000/update...0updatecard.asp

Scroll down on the Japanese page, the link is somewhere in the middle of the page. That basically gives you a fresh ROM to install. Extract the .exe file on a DOS/WIN box. Put the following files on an empty SD card:
hdimage1.tgz
initrd.bin
mversion.bin
updater.sh
zImage.bin

2. Restore the partitioning:
Insert a CF card. Remove the battery. While holding down the D and B keys, replace the battery. Release the keys and wait for a prompt. Login as root (no password).
Input the following:
    # sfdisk -uC /dev/hda <<EOF
    # 0,203,83
    # ,816,83
    # ,6916,c
    # EOF
(Note: My C3000 needed the partitions to be called hda1...hda2 instead of hdc1...hdc3)   
    # mke2fs -j /dev/hda1
    # mke2fs -j /dev/hda2
    # mkfs.vfat -F 32 /dev/hda3

3. Restore the software:
Put in the SD Card where you extracted card_update_3000111.exe to into the SD card slot. Unplug your Z, take out the battery. Push the reset button, plug in the power cord, put in the battery. At that point I usually press the OK button, then put the battery lock switch into the 'On' position and then push the 'On' button. You should get the Service Menu. Choose 4 then SD Card then Y

The Z will reboot and restore the software and reboot again. Very likely it will hang after the second reboot; in that case repeat to unplug your Z, take out the battery. Push the reset button, plug in the power cord, put in the battery. Press the OK button, then put the battery lock switch into the 'On' position and then push the 'On' button. You should get the Service Menu. 3 and then 1 and then Y.

After several minutes you should have a fresh Japanese machine. When it boots up, click on the words in the center of the screen. Then on the cross hairs. You will then be left in the date setting application. hit the Home key to get to the menus

From here you can proceed to revert your Z into English as outlined above.

Many thanks to all who have contributed to this and especially Reaper for his summary - it really helped to turn my Z back into a working piece of equipment again!