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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Rc10.4 For Sl-c1000

« on: August 09, 2005, 04:36:15 pm »

I have problems with the CF Interface: my SMC2642W EZ Connect wireless card doesn't work, and it's confused with either a normal memory flash card or a SANDISK Wireless card. With RC10.1 I had an stable network connection.

I also tried modifying the /etc/pcmcia/hermes.conf and /etc/pcmcia/conf files. I just gave up, and I'll  wait for the next release without network connection. I notice the CF interface wasn't very stable, I had a lot of hang-up but without any pattern, I mean I can't report when the bug happens.

I have to say I tried other ROMs and I just don't like them after using pdaXrom.

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Samba - Does It Work In Rc10 ?

« on: August 09, 2005, 04:25:15 pm »

Samba worked in my C1000 in both directions:
As a Samba server I can share my Zaurus Filesystem to Windows and Linux boxes
As a Samba client I can see the folders I shared in Windows and Linux boxes

I didn't touch any parameter in RC10.1, and it worked altough sharing the whole file system as read only.

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Nand Restore On C1000 With Sd

« on: August 09, 2005, 04:18:57 pm »

Can you make a NAND restore from a SD card on the zaurus C1000?
I  only have a 128 MB cf card so I can't do it with a cf.
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I'm also newbie but as far as I know and done, you can choose whether to NAND Flash from/to CF or SD memory card.

You need a bigger card, 128MB isn't enough. My NAND backup is 132 Mb big, keep in mind that not only the flash memory content is saved but also some other information.

Good luck, it isn't so difficult, Trisoft has some very good manual in his web.

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Hardware problems with pdaXrom..

« on: August 08, 2005, 04:17:07 pm »

There is a popular wireless CF card which isn't supported by pdaXrom, at least, I thought it was very popular and therefore I bought it.

SMC2642 EZ Connect 2642W

This card is recognized either as "anonymus memory" or as Sandisk connect SDWCFB-000".

#cardctl info
PRODID_1 = "  "          (yes one space)
PRODID_2 = "SMC2642W 11Mbps Wireless CF Card"
PRODID_3 = ""
PRODID_4 = ""
MANFID=d601, 0005
FUNCID=6

#cardctl ident 0
Product info: " ", "SMC2642W 11Mbps Wireless CF Card", ""
manfid: 0x601, 0x0005
function: 6(network)

Other ROMS support this card according what I read in these forums. Would you add support to this card?. I tried all kind of configurations in the /etc/pcmcia files, but now I'm clueless.

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Idiots Guide To Install Pdaxrom In C1000 Needed

« on: July 11, 2005, 05:16:30 am »

I was able to successfully flash the pdaXrom. I installed first Openzaurus OPIE on my C1000, then I downloades again the pdaXrom and installed it, this time the falsh process went OK and took longer, so I was doing something wrong.

I´m now enjoying this ROM, and let me tell you it´s really amazing!.

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Idiots Guide To Install Pdaxrom In C1000 Needed

« on: July 09, 2005, 05:12:37 am »

Yes,I must be idiot and need some more detailed guide to install pdaXrom RC-10 release in the SL-C1000. I just bought it and it looks wonderful altough I was very dissapointed with the original Sharp ROM functionality.

I followed official instructions :
   1. Extract the 3 files - initrd.bin tools.tar updater.sh - to the root of your CF or SD/MMC card.
   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. Select option 4 (flash/update).
   8. You then have four options (1. USB, 2. CF, 3. SD, 4. Back)
   9. Choose either option 2 or 3, depending on which media you put the files on.
  10. After a while a menu pops up, select "5 Flash repartition", enter 50 - 50 MB for root partition on SL-C760/860 or 30 for SL-C700/750.
  11. After a while it is repartioned and will reboot, after that complete steps 2-10 again and wait for the menu again.
  12. Now select "1 Install new ROM" and wait - it will reboot.
  13. At login type "root" - without the quotes - then hit enter
  14. Type "startx" - without quotes - then hit enter
  15. Wait while the gui starts up

While booting after some time  I am getting following error:
"INIT: ID "In" respawning too fast too fast: disabled for 5 minutes"

Searching in the forums, the error seems to be related to the partition size, I tried also several root partitions sizes (50, 64, 96 Mb) and always getting the same issue.

Anyone?, what can I do?