6000 Rc12 Installation Questions

[rrnwexec]

I've decided to give RC12 a try on my 6000. Followed the RC12 install instructions on the pdaXrom web site, but hit a couple of snags. Would appreciate the wisdom of those who have already blazed the trail:

1) What size should the root partition be sized to?

2) Does the resize partition feature in install menu work reliably?

3) Do i need to also create a user partition? If so, what should be the size?

4) After typing startx at the # prompt, x apears to start fine, but I am taken to TWM where I see only a single window with a command prompt. Is this normal?

Many thanks in advance.
Randall.

[rrnwexec]

Almost forgot...

5) after flashing to RC12, noticed there was no /home/root directory. also, there was no /home/user directory. (nothing below /home actually) Is this expected behavior?


Thanks again.

[adf]

it is memory size.

My solution is to flash virgin sharp,  guylhem then pdaxrom.

there are others, but I do't remember the details.

as always, flash at your own risk

[rrnwexec]

Thanks very much for your advice.

What memory size is recommended for RC12 on the 6000? Any thoughts?

Is there a way to avoid the interim step (Guylem)? I thought that the installer for RC12 allowed for manipulation of the memory space (at least that's what the install menu implies).

Any and all help appreciated.



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it is memory size.

My solution is to flash virgin sharp,  guylhem then pdaxrom.

there are others, but I do't remember the details.

as always, flash at your own risk
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[hasues]

Thanks very much for your advice.

Is there a way to avoid the interim step (Guylem)? I thought that the installer for RC12 allowed for manipulation of the memory space (at least that's what the install menu implies).

Any and all help appreciated.

I never have used the Guylhelm step (or whatever that ROM's name is).   I set my root partition to 47M if that is any help.  I certainly agree that the setup is a bit cryptic as there is no decent documentation for all the steps.  The forum definitely is the right place.  Here are some of the things that I have found that have helped:

https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=14462&hl=

That seems to be the most useful starting out.  I think you will agree seeing as I noticed that you had issues with starting out with twm instead of matchbox.  You can do a:

cd / && tar --no-same-owner -xf /root/.home_default.tar

to enable your Matchbox functionality.  Obviously this creates all the needed references for .xinitrc to ensure you are using Matchbox over TWM.  I didn't find the wifi setup useful, as that did not enable my wifi to work out of the box.  I am however using WEP keys, and I will not "open" my wifi access point just so my PDA can use it.  I still find that after setting the clock, and a suspend occurs, it renders the display useless as it is frozen.  I'm still investigating that issuehttps://www.oesf.org/forums/style_images/1/folder_post_icons/icon14.gif.  So right now, WiFi is the most important piece for me to get this thing running as that is how I plan to update my packages.

I also found that at one point I could not do sustained scp USB transfers from my Linux workstation at some point in RC12, but apparently that was fixed as it works now.  I noted that it was set to "should be fixed" in the bugs area, so oh well.


Haz

[hasues]

Okay, so I have the wireless working now.  So now I'll try updating the Zaurus via WiFi.

Haz