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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Newbie Not Sure- Don't Want To Brick My Z...

« on: July 21, 2005, 06:57:27 pm »

Hi all,

Just wanted to check, is it possible to factory reset (ie go back to OpenZaurus OS) after installing OPIE?

(I'm worried that having OPIE installed means one has wiped the NAND files)

I installed OPIE sometime ago on my sl-c3000 and want to try both new OPIE and FreeBSD OSs (not a t the same time). I figure it'd be simplest to start from scratch with a factory default platform each time as that is the way the dodumentation generally follows.

Found surfing the ezaurus.com site in Babelfish is hardly very precise mostly useless anyway due to my current OPIE install.

Have searched around the forums- great reset info but often I'm a little unsure on the context in which people are describing; ie I found myself asking things like 'was OPIE installed or OZ'

Any quick pointers **greatly** appreciated  Monkey

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C1000/3x00 Hardware / What Case Do You Have For Sl-c3000?

« on: May 29, 2005, 07:36:34 pm »

Brando has some good pictures
http://shop.brando.com.hk/pdairzaurusc3000case.php
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Thanks Speculatrix and pepilo, those cases are exactly what I want, and they are cheaper than some of the others too, with $3 for postage too!

Awesome work fellows- finally a case I like, esp. the clip mechanism- that really looks like the business on the SLC3000. Let's see how long they will take to get here... they only charge $3 for postage! what a refreshing change...

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Sharp ROMs / In Serious Trouble...

« on: February 28, 2005, 08:21:46 pm »

Thank you both ever so much.   the solution for anyone in the same problem is at the bottom of this post... that manual link is the business!  THANKS A HEAP!

** To Format Internal Flash to new Custom SLC-3000 ROM **

** Note You will lose all the data on your Zaurus!**

1.   Make sure you have the updater.sh and initrd.bin files in the root of your cf/sd card, or the Flash image from Sharp I mentioned in my first post.
(Yes, you can use either cf or sd to flash now!)

2.   Make sure the Zaurus isn't plugged into AC power.
3.   Remove battery for at least 5 seconds.
4.   Replace battery (replace battery cover, lock cover), plug in AC power.
5.   Press and hold the "OK" button on the keyboard.
6.   Turn the power on, you should see the Japanese service menu:
7.   Now Plug in the Power Cord.
(You will get an error if it isn't plugged in!)
8.   Select option 3 (Erase all / Format (all data will be lost!))
9.   You should then get a confirmation message (in Japanese) with a Yes/No
option (left one is Yes). Click the Yes button to confirm.
(If you don't get this, then you don't have the AC power plugged in.)
10.   Wait, get some coffee/tea, watch the pretty screen.

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Sharp ROMs / In Serious Trouble...

« on: February 28, 2005, 07:52:03 am »

Hi all, just joined the forum tonight after reading much good oil over the last few days.

Bought a SLC-3000 in Japan ) Lovely machine!
Was hoping to start coding, however in the process of installing a compiler i stopped it booting (yay,smart stuff!) from the built-in HDD.

Wrecked it after 2 hours out of the box...
I probably changed something in the fstab, guess it could be worse... all I get is the SHARP logo splash screen and one line of (very) fast moving text- (barely visible) at the bottom... it seems to be showing output from a grep command; something like "grep /var/lib/pcmcia... file not found"- over and over.

Re-Image the drive?
The power buttton won't work and u can only restart by pulling the battery out... so I fugure I have to get re-image the drive.

Oh no! Japanese Service Menus!
To restore the OS it'd be handy to know what the service menus say. Does anyone have any ideas?

Armed with Japanese manuals and CD-Roms I have been unable to get very far.  Searching for some kind of Disaster Recovery or imaging routine (not on the CDs), I dowloaded this SYSTC300.DBK file from Sharp- put it on a 512Mb CF card and went through the service menus to point to use it, but these really need some translation for me to get what they say.  I think (Following steps discussed online for SL-C860s) I am sure I get through this ok- the Zaurus looks to the CF and boots, but it stops as it can't find the right files... i guess.... not sure really.

Does anyone know how to Restore a SLC-3000 to the factory OS? All comments appreciated!