Dual Booting pdaX from SD

[omega]

Hi, how is the dual boot setup working these days? I\'d really like to try it with Cacko on the Flash and PDAXROM on the SD card.

[padishah_emperor]

I would really appreciate it if someone could just tell me without having to read until my eyes hurt, what files do I download (links please) and how (in simple idiot-proof steps) to set this up, I've been trying for hours and I'm totally confused.  I've got two files and no idea what to do with them and no idea what size card I need.

I want to dual boot pdaXrom (1.0.5) from Cacko QT ROM 1.21b on a C860

thanks!
-Francis

[Stubear]

I would really appreciate it if someone could just tell me without having to read until my eyes hurt, what files do I download (links please) and how (in simple idiot-proof steps) to set this up, I've been trying for hours and I'm totally confused.  I've got two files and no idea what to do with them and no idea what size card I need.

I want to dual boot pdaXrom (1.0.5) from Cacko QT ROM 1.21b on a C860

thanks!
-Francis

Padish,

I have only tested the following files (http://zaurus.hostnic.us/pdaXrom-SD%20dual%20boot/Dual_C760.zip and http://zaurus.hostnic.us/pdaXrom-SD%20dual...pdaX-SD.tar.gz) The pdaX is only 1.0.0 but should there is a rom tarball of 1.0.5 here. If I get time before the new version of pdaX comes out I'll try it out and report back, but the process should be exactly the same.

Here is a copy of what is in the ReadMe.txt in the Dual_C760.zip file.

1. Download pdaXrom tarball from http://zaurus.hostnic.us (Special thanks to Corey Costadura for supplying storage space)
2. remount / read-write (mount -o rw,remount /
3. mkdir /sbin/sys
4. cp /sbin/telinit /sbin/sys/init - this is necessary as telinit doesn't like being called from /sbin/sys/init and gave errors
5. cp init script to /sbin
6. chmod +x /sbin/init
7. Copy pivot_root to /sbin
8. untar pdaX tarball to ext2 formatted card (tar xzpvf pdax-SD.tar.gz) NOTE: you need a version of tar that understands the "p" flag to preserve permissions. I use gtar on the zaurus rather than busybox tar.
9. reboot, while the SD card is in you should boot to pdaX, remove the card and boot into normal rom.

The main things to remember is that the perms from the tarball need to be kept - I suggest untarring to your SD card from a desktop linux system via a card reader or via USB-storage - it's faster and you can use the "p" flag which the Z busybox tar doesn't have. If you really want to do everything on the Z then use the gtar ipk in the Dual_C760.zip - it is a full tar.

The biggest problem I had was that the pdaX fbvnc was not compatible with the normal qtopia kernel so I switched it for the fbvnc from the x11zaurus - worked fine except for a calibration problem where the calibration is of in greater amounts as you move across the screen - on the right side of the screen it is off by about 5 pixels - not great but you can still use it.

Let me know if you require further explanation on any of these steps and if I get the chance I'll try out the 1.0.5 tarball and report back

Stu

Editted to add missing step

[padishah_emperor]

Thankyou Stu, I will give this a go in a while, I'm about to kick back and chill for the day with my beloved Z, it looks like I downloaded the wrong files which didn't help at all and by the time I gave up last night, my eyes were stinging...  The tar info is useful, I didn't know about the limitations of it, I will remedy that today as well.

Thanks again

- Francis

[padishah_emperor]

Thanks for your help, it was interesting to try.

[jerrybme]

Stubear:
In your instructions above I believe you left out the step of copying pivot_root to the /sbin directory. Am I wrong?

cheers,
Jerry

[Stubear]

Stubear:
In your instructions above I believe you left out the step of copying pivot_root to the /sbin directory. Am I wrong?

cheers,
Jerry

Nope your not wrong, I did miss that step  

I'll go back and edit the previous post for others reference

thanks for catching that

Stu

[rikm]

And not to pick nits, but a previous post that answered the 'how to format' question left out the fdisk step.  A new SD card will have a FAT16 partition ID and should be changed to type 83 prior to format.

This looks like a fun project.  I'm going to give it a try with the next release.

[Stubear]

And not to pick nits, but a previous post that answered the 'how to format' question left out the fdisk step.  A new SD card will have a FAT16 partition ID and should be changed to type 83 prior to format.

This looks like a fun project.  I'm going to give it a try with the next release.

It doesn't matter, Linux is smart enough not to rely solely on the partition ID for working out what the filesystem type is.

So you can safely miss the fdisk stage if you aren't changing partition sizes

Stu

[kitsnews]

I would really appreciate it if someone could just tell me without having to read until my eyes hurt, what files do I download (links please) and how (in simple idiot-proof steps) to set this up, I've been trying for hours and I'm totally confused.  I've got two files and no idea what to do with them and no idea what size card I need.

I want to dual boot pdaXrom (1.0.5) from Cacko QT ROM 1.21b on a C860

thanks!
-Francis

Padish,

I have only tested the following files (http://zaurus.hostnic.us/pdaXrom-SD%20dual%20boot/Dual_C760.zip and http://zaurus.hostnic.us/pdaXrom-SD%20dual...pdaX-SD.tar.gz) The pdaX is only 1.0.0 but should there is a rom tarball of 1.0.5 here. If I get time before the new version of pdaX comes out I'll try it out and report back, but the process should be exactly the same.

Here is a copy of what is in the ReadMe.txt in the Dual_C760.zip file.

1. Download pdaXrom tarball from http://zaurus.hostnic.us (Special thanks to Corey Costadura for supplying storage space)
2. remount / read-write (mount -o rw,remount /
3. mkdir /sbin/sys
4. cp /sbin/telinit /sbin/sys/init - this is necessary as telinit doesn't like being called from /sbin/sys/init and gave errors
5. cp init script to /sbin
6. chmod +x /sbin/init
7. Copy pivot_root to /sbin
8. untar pdaX tarball to ext2 formatted card (tar xzpvf pdax-SD.tar.gz) NOTE: you need a version of tar that understands the "p" flag to preserve permissions. I use gtar on the zaurus rather than busybox tar.
9. reboot, while the SD card is in you should boot to pdaX, remove the card and boot into normal rom.

The main things to remember is that the perms from the tarball need to be kept - I suggest untarring to your SD card from a desktop linux system via a card reader or via USB-storage - it's faster and you can use the "p" flag which the Z busybox tar doesn't have. If you really want to do everything on the Z then use the gtar ipk in the Dual_C760.zip - it is a full tar.

The biggest problem I had was that the pdaX fbvnc was not compatible with the normal qtopia kernel so I switched it for the fbvnc from the x11zaurus - worked fine except for a calibration problem where the calibration is of in greater amounts as you move across the screen - on the right side of the screen it is off by about 5 pixels - not great but you can still use it.

Let me know if you require further explanation on any of these steps and if I get the chance I'll try out the 1.0.5 tarball and report back

Stu

Editted to add missing step

Hi,

The link of package for dual boot is broken. Could anyone post it to download aread? I really need it.

Thanks in advance
Kit

[alan]

Dear pdaxrom team : can you make this work with Katherin Official ? It woulb be a REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEALY great stuff !!!!!!