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Deals and Great Z Buys / Wow, 43 6000l On Ebay!

« on: February 16, 2005, 09:29:46 pm »

Unbelievable!  shanetso is selling 43 6000Ls for $899.99 buy it now on Ebay.  What is up with that?  Must have bought out that deal Amazon or whoever had some time ago.

Jim

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Get Oz To Correctly Identify Netgear Ma701

« on: January 28, 2005, 10:30:15 am »

A couple of things to add:

In addition to the above, the file /etc/pcmcia/hostap_cs.conf needs to be edited so that all cards with manfid 0xd601, 0x0002 are commented out.

I have finally figured out why my Netgear MA701 is so flakey.

It seems that as the card warms up from use, then connectivity goes down hill until it finally conks out.  Ejecting the card and cooling it off in the freezer, then re-inserting it will bring it right back to life.

Consequently, I am looking at buying a Linksys WCF12.  Does anyone know of any issues with these and using OZ?


Jim

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Get Oz To Correctly Identify Netgear Ma701

« on: January 27, 2005, 12:25:27 am »

After looking at the output of cardtl ident and playing with hostap_cs, I was finally able to get OZ to correctly identify my Netgear MA701.

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/etc/pcmcia/hostap_cs.conf

card "Netgear MA701"
   version "NETGEAR", "MA701 Wireless CF Card"
   manfid 0xd601, 0x0002
   bind "hostap_cs"
Although this allows my card to be properly recognized, it is still flaky and drops connections constantly.

I have tried using

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/etc/pcmcia/hostap_cs.conf

card "Netgear MA701"
   version "NETGEAR", "MA701 Wireless CF Card"
   manfid 0xd601, 0x0002
   bind "orinoco_cs"
instead of the previous, but the same connection problems exist.  I think my card is crap as other people have observed.  Doesn't help that the plastic case around the anntena is broken I guess.

Jim

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General Discussion / Sl-5500 And Kingmax 1gb 60x Secure Digital (sd)

« on: January 26, 2005, 08:29:39 pm »

I haven't tried using any Kingmax cards on my 5600, but Sandisk 1gb SD and CF haven't worked for me. Perhaps the Z has a size limit for expansion cards at 512 MB?
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I sold the 1GB SD to a guy with a new digital camera.

I replaced it with a 12x speed Kingston 256MB SD, and then bought a 1GB Kington Elite Pro CF card.  All is working fine now.

I have OZ 64-0 (Hentges) installed and it seems fine compared to running any of the 32-0 kernels.  The Cacko 64-0 did seem slow though, but I think that might have been a cacko problem.

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General Discussion / Sl-5500 And Kingmax 1gb 60x Secure Digital (sd)

« on: January 17, 2005, 09:29:44 am »

I've got a Kingmax Platinum 1gb high speed SD card (purple,  only as thick as an MMC card)

I haven't bothered to reformat it - it still has the default single partition, probably fat16

I popped it into my 5000 running OZ - recognizes it and works just fine.
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I have the non Platinum version.

I have notice that if I try to create a Linux partition using fdisk on my desktop machine (Gentoo Linux) then it lists 1100 sectors (I am at work) and fdisk with either tckROM or OZ3.5.2, the Z wants to create the partition with 980 sectors.  Almost reminds me of the days of win95 and hard drives larger than 528Mb.

If I use no partions on the card, and format it e2fs or fat32, then I can mount it on my desktop, but again not in the Z.

I think this card is completely incompatible with the Z.  I have read on another Z forum of other people having similar problems with Kingmax.

Well, time to sell it and go buy a lexar.  Too bad these things come sealed in plastic.  I can't return it now, as it is not like it is defective.    

Jim

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General Discussion / Sl-5500 And Kingmax 1gb 60x Secure Digital (sd)

« on: January 15, 2005, 11:01:06 am »

I recently purchased a KingMax 1GB 60X Secure Digital (SD) Card for my SL-5500.
I can partition, format, read and write this card in my card reader with no problems, but I am unable to use this card with my SL-5500.

I have partitioned and formated the card as:

Type 04 + DOS
Type 06 + DOS
Type 0B + VFAT -F 32
Type 83 + E2FS

I have tried each of these with the Sharp V3 rom, tkcRom, and OZ3.5.2 with mixed results.

Generally speaking the card can me mounted, after a long pause, when it is formated as some form of FAT, but a directory of the card shows garbage, and is unusable.  E2FS will not even mount with tcROM or Sharp, but will with OZ.  Again it is full of garbage and unusable.

Dmesg show a pile of errors when trying to mount the sd card.

Is this a problem with the 5500 unable to support the newer 60X cards, an incompatiblity with the Kingmax card, or a driver issue?

Short of buying another new card , does anyone have any suggestions?

Jim

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For Sale / Wanted / For Sale: Sl-5500 Plus Accessories

« on: January 03, 2005, 11:20:30 pm »

Is this still available?  I am new and looking for the whole kit.

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For Sale / Wanted / Wtb: Complete Sl-5500 And Access.

« on: January 03, 2005, 11:14:34 pm »

I just registered and this is my first post.  I am interested in buying my first Linux PDA.  My old Palm IIIX is okay, but I want something to mess around with and it seems the best supported unit for playing is the SL-5500.  So, I am in the market for the above with all the required accessories to "make it go".

Thanks.

Oh, I am in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

Send me a PM for personal contact information.