How To Install

[Dave Smith]

I am keen to install Open Zaurus but cannot find any simple clearl guidlines on how to do this. Can anyone point me towards a step by step approach? I am probably at the idiots giude level at this stage!!

Thanks

Dave

[Pyrates]

I am keen to install Open Zaurus but cannot find any simple clearl guidlines on how to do this. Can anyone point me towards a step by step approach? I am probably at the idiots giude level at this stage!!

Thanks

Dave
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You mean something like the [a href=\"http://openzaurus.org/web/index.php?option=com_content&task=category§ionid=3&id=70&Itemid=44]Openzaurus Docs[/url] ? This should make it pretty clear, if not, well, here's the place to ask

Cheers
Philipp

[Dave Smith]

Yes, that's exactly what I was looking for. Thanks.

I've found the files zImage  and updater.sh but can't locate initrd.bin. Any suggestions?

Dave

[uberjoe]

For which device?

[Dave Smith]

SL 5600

[brokengun]

well, Im in the same boat as this guy. I want to install openzaurus and I can't find that  initrd.bin file to install on my SL-5600. Also, can I instlal from an SD card? and do I need to do anything to my SD card before I install the OZ? ...something about vfat formatting?

[uberjoe]

The files are here You download either the opie image or the gpe image depending on your preference, and rename it initrd.bin.

Also, can I instlal from an SD card?

AFAIK you need to install from a fat formatted cf card.

[lardman]

For the 5600 I think a FAT16 formatted SD/MMC card will also work.

Si

[Dave Smith]

Found it. Thanks

[brokengun]

how do I go about formatting my SD card to a FAT 16?...

[uberjoe]

If you have a usb sd card reader you can use that on your pc. If you want to do it from your zaurus you would need to unmount the card with

umount /dev/mmcda1

and then use fdisk or cfdisk or some other such format utility. I'm not sure what the sharp rom comes with as far as command line tools. You could always try this.

[brokengun]

seems to be a broken link to download it... Any other methods, or know of a link that works?

[uberjoe]

do this

ls /sbin

and post the output. I want to see what tools you have to work with.

[brokengun]

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MAKEDEV                ldconfig
arp                    loadkmap
badblocks              lsmod
cardctl                makedevs
cardmgr                mii-tool
chroot                 mkdosfs
consoletype            mke2fs
debugfs                mkfs.ext2
depmod                 mkfs.minix
dhcpcd                 mkfs.msdos
dosfsck                mkfs.vfat
dump_cis               mkswap
dumpe2fs               modinfo
e2fsck                 modprobe
e2label                nameif
eraseall               nwepgen
freeramdisk            oncheck
fsck                   pack_cis
fsck.ext2              pcinitrd
fsck.ext3              plipconfig
fsck.minix             poweroff
fsck.msdos             probe
fsck.vfat              qt
ftl_check              rarp
ftl_format             reboot
genksyms               resize2fs
getkey                 rmmod
getty                  route
halt                   runlevel
hotplug                scshotcf
hwclock                scshotram
ide_info               scshotsd
ifconfig               scsi_info
ifport                 sdmgr
ifuser                 setserial
init                   shsync
initlog                shutdown
insmod                 slattach
insmod_ksymoops_clean  sltime
ipmaddr                spm
iptunnel               sulogin
iwconfig               survive
iwevent                swapoff
iwgetid                swapon
iwlist                 syslogd
iwpriv                 telinit
iwspy                  tune2fs
kallsyms               update
kernelversion          wlancfg
killall5               wlanctl-ng
klogd                  wland
ksyms                  writerominfo
launch
bash-2.05$            
theres the output....

[uberjoe]

Ok, try this,

umount /dev/mmcda1

to unmount the card

mkfs.vfat /dev/mmcda1

to format it. If your card previously had a different filesystem on it you may need to edit /etc/fstab to reflect the new fs type.