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General Discussion / Authoritative information about Linux with Zaurus SL-5600.

« on: January 04, 2004, 04:37:24 pm »

The problem seems to be that the Howtos and FAQs are outdated (for the 5600). For example, there is an FAQ that states the Zaurus has a ftp server running on port 4242. Well, I think thay may apply to the 5500, but the 5600 has no running ftp server, not even a ftp binary. I wonder how many schmucks like me have spent hours trying to ftp into the 5600 because of that? If I am wrong, and there is a FAQ or HOWTO that adresses ftp on a default 5600 please point it out to me.

Whatever the case, I\'ll put the answer about ftp at http://www.grantlinux.com/sl5600.html

Try looking through the Howtos and FAQs on this website.

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General Discussion / Authoritative information about Linux with Zaurus SL-5600.

« on: January 01, 2004, 08:58:31 pm »

Hi,
I\'m a Linux user ( Mandrake 9.2 ) who has been trying to sync my Zaurus SL-5600 with my Linux computer. Ironically, Sharp has no software or documentation about syncing the SL-5600 with Linux. There are some web pages that mention networking/syncing a Linux computer with a Zaurus but I think they only work with the 5500 model, not the SL-5600.

I have a web page at http://grantlinux.com/sl5600.html where I am putting some links to authoritative information about the SL-5600 model. If anyone has a link or some useful information to pass long please email me ( troy AT troywill DOT com ) and it will put it on my page.

In particular, I believe that:
1. There is no way to ftp a file to stock SL-5600.
2. There is no way to sync with Qtopia on a Linux computer.

I bet there are people wasting time trying to do these 2 things when they are in fact impossible.

Troy