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Sharp ROMs / SL-5500 with no gui

« on: February 11, 2004, 01:54:09 am »

great! thanks for the help. hopefully, one day I\'ll be able to return the favor once I get everything working the way I want it to..

again, many thanks

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Sharp ROMs / SL-5500 with no gui

« on: February 08, 2004, 11:58:08 pm »

OK cool, thanks for the help. I just ordered the CF card so when it comes in I\'ll do it. one last question. is there any limit on flashing? I would like to do some experimenting and have heard of devices that lose the ability to flash over time. would the 5500 be victim of this at some point?

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Sharp ROMs / SL-5500 with no gui

« on: February 08, 2004, 04:22:36 am »

I have perused the forums for the last couple of hours and seem to have a unique problem. I have a Zaurus SL-5500 that has no gui on it at all-only a minimal root filesystem. I bought it used and whoever had it before me apparently botched an upgrade or something as it boots to a command line but only gets to this point:

mounting jffs2 partition please wait...
mount: Mounting /dev/mtdblock5 on /home failed: No such device
Error mount /home jff2 partition

#_

I am able to browse the filesystem at the root prompt but there is no gui nor does one appear to even be installed. The Zaurus does not have a CF card which, from what I\'ve read, will be needed to flash a new ROM image in that has the gui.

My questions are:

1) Can a flash be done when the Zaurus does not have a gui installed in it or if the ROM image is somehow corrupted
2) if so, do standard instructions for flashing the ROM apply or are there special considerations (software that has to be installed in the Zaurus that is not currently installed)?
3) if special software is needed, how would I go about getting it in there?

If anybody can help me shed some light on this, I would be most thankful. I spoke with Sharp Tech Support and the guy I spoke with didn\'t seem too sure of what to do so I\'m asking for help.

Thanks