Pdaxii13 On C3100

[Jon_J]

Danboid, you mention this update on the first page.
3. To mount your vfat hda3 partition as a USB disk, choose the device

Compact Flash (0,3)

under the USB settings tool. This option is the equivalent of what would show up as 'Internal Storage' on a c3000

How do I choose Compact Flash (0,3) in the USB settings tool?
My only selections are Compact Flash and Secure Digital.
Where do I input the numbers (0,3) ?

If you are talking about mounting hda3 manually during the boot process, it's already mounted automatically.

[danboid]

Hi Jon_J

On my c3100 pdaXii13 full install, under the USB settings tool I have 7 options- SD and 6 CF- Compact Flash (0.1), Compact Flash (0,2) ... (0,3) (1,1) (1,2) (1,3). I had your problem when I tried installing pdaXii13 on the c3100 using the b3 c3100 kernel instead of the c3000 one but I've not had that problem using the above installation method.

If all else fails you could try doing the whole thing over inc. resizing your NAND before installing b3 and formatting your vfat partition. /data is definitely being mounted on hda3 you say? I once had my vfat/3rd partition end up being hda4 which caused problems so I had to re-partition. I've used the above installation method successfully a few times now.

[Jon_J]

Danboid, thank you for your reply.
I did resize my NAND to 121 when I first installed beta3.
my hda3 is mounted on /data as vfat.

Here's how I installed everything.
I installed beta3 and selected to change the root partition to 121mb
I then installed pdaxii13 (5.2) and selected the recommended hard drive partitioning.
I Installed kernel and bootloader
Then installed the full image
I Installed kernel and bootloader again after I installed the full image.

It looks like my NAND isn't being used at all if the below df -h is correct.

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df -h
Filesystem                Size      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda1                 2.0G    467.4M      1.5G  24% /
/dev/hda1                 2.0G    467.4M      1.5G  24% /
none                     12.0M     24.0k     12.0M   0% /dev
/dev/hda3                 3.4G      2.0M      3.4G   0% /data
none                     12.0M     24.0k     12.0M   0% /dev
/dev/mmcda1               1.9G    132.3M      1.8G   7% /mnt/card

mount
rootfs on / type rootfs (rw)
/dev/root on /media/realroot type jffs2 (rw)
/dev/hda1 on / type ext3 (rw)
/proc on /proc type proc (rw)
none on /dev type tmpfs (rw)
/dev/hda3 on /data type vfat (rw,noatime,nosuid,nodev)
none on /dev type tmpfs (rw)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw)
/dev/mmcda1 on /mnt/card type vfat (rw,noatime)
There is one thing that I don't want to do to any of my Zaurui. I don't want to repeatedly flash this new C3200.
That's why I bought a 2nd Zaurus, I wanted to flash it once or twice, and keep it that way.
EDIT
I added a screenshot of USB settings.
EDIT2
If my NAND isn't being used and everything is always running from the microdrive, is this why my charging light is constantly lit when plugged in?
The charging light never shuts off when my C3200 is on. (while using pdaxii13)
The charging light stays on for a long time once I suspend my C3200.

[Antikx]

If my NAND isn't being used and everything is always running from the microdrive, is this why my charging light is constantly lit when plugged in?
The charging light never shuts off when my C3200 is on. (while using pdaxii13)
The charging light stays on for a long time once I suspend my C3200.
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Not sure if you saw my post here: [a href=\"http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/?q=node/72#comment-462]http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/?q=node/72#comment-462[/url]
Also, I've never seen the charging light turn off when the Zaurus us powered on and power adapter is plugged in. I can't remember if it's the same with with Cacko and OZ but from your post I'm guessing that in Cacko it does turn off after a while.

[ArchiMark]

Antikx,

My charging light does turn off after a bit...

Not sure if you saw my post here: http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/?q=node/72#comment-462
Also, I've never seen the charging light turn off when the Zaurus us powered on and power adapter is plugged in. I can't remember if it's the same with with Cacko and OZ but from your post I'm guessing that in Cacko it does turn off after a while.
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[kkazakov13]

My charging light never turns off when zaurus is on ... it was like this always. And at the end, the battery is never charged to the max, so to have it maxed, I need to suspend zaurus, and leave it like this for hour-two at least.

[Antikx]

Antikx,

My charging light does turn off after a bit...
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Really?
Just to be clear... you're charging light turns off after a bit when you're using it? Or when the Zaurus it powered off?

[Jon_J]

Also, I've never seen the charging light turn off when the Zaurus us powered on and power adapter is plugged in. I can't remember if it's the same with with Cacko and OZ but from your post I'm guessing that in Cacko it does turn off after a while.
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In Cacko, the charging light only comes on when the battery needs charging. If I leave my Cacko Zaurus always plugged in, the charging light hardly lights up.
When I turn on my Cacko Zaurus, the charge light stays on for just a short time. I just turned it on now and the charging light and onscreen indicator showed a charging state for about 10 seconds, then it turned off.
If I take this Z to another room and plug it into my other charger, the light comes on briefly, and the Cacko battery indicator shows that it is charging. It only stays on for a short time though.
All three of my chargers are OEM Sharp 5 V / 2 Amp chargers.
I haven't used either of my Zaurui on battery power since last summer. That was the last time I took my C3100 with me on a short trip.

BTW, has anyone figured out how to get USB storage working on the vfat hdd3? (or hda 3) depending what you want to call it.
This should be fixable without having to resort to reflashing the entire system.....

[ArchiMark]

Yes...

and

Yes...

As Jon_J explained in more detail, light is on when battery is being charged (with AC adaptor plugged in...) otherwise is off.....

HTH,

Mark

 

Antikx,

My charging light does turn off after a bit...
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Really?
Just to be clear... you're charging light turns off after a bit when you're using it? Or when the Zaurus it powered off?
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[Antikx]

Yes...
and
Yes...
As Jon_J explained in more detail, light is on when battery is being charged (with AC adaptor plugged in...) otherwise is off.....

HTH,

Mark

 
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Interesting.
Even though you are using pdaXii13 like us you seem to be having the experience of Cacko users. I'm going off our signature, so I could be mistaken and you are indeed using Cacko.

[Jon_J]

Hasn't anyone figured out how to get USB storage mode working on a 3100/3200 with pdaxii13 yet?
I really do think that 4GB vfat partition should be accessible from a windows machine.
I don't want to have to keep using a card as a go-between to get files from my PC to my microdrive.
USB networking is much slower than USB drive mode, and I prefer not to go that route.

[TheWalt]

Hasn't anyone figured out how to get USB storage mode working on a 3100/3200 with pdaxii13 yet?
I really do think that 4GB vfat partition should be accessible from a windows machine.
I don't want to have to keep using a card as a go-between to get files from my PC to my microdrive.
USB networking is much slower than USB drive mode, and I prefer not to go that route.
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It works fine for me.  Just like Danboid I have 7 options under USB storage.  This is on a 3100.

[ArchiMark]

I am using pdaXii13, Antikx....

 

Yes...
and
Yes...
As Jon_J explained in more detail, light is on when battery is being charged (with AC adaptor plugged in...) otherwise is off.....

HTH,

Mark

 
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Interesting.
Even though you are using pdaXii13 like us you seem to be having the experience of Cacko users. I'm going off our signature, so I could be mistaken and you are indeed using Cacko.
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[Jon_J]

I've been trying to get USB storage mode to work on my C3200 to enable my now useless 4GB FAT partition.
No one seems to care about windows connectivity here, but I do.
I discovered a small edit to usbfunction.py that enables the 6 Compact Flash settings that Danboid mentioned.
To enable the same settings that C3100 users have in usbfunction.py, change line 131
from
if (self.MODEL.find("SL-C3100") != -1)
to
if (self.MODEL.find("SL-C3200") != -1)

This change gave me 6 Compact Flash settings in the USB settings app.
Compact Flash (CF 0,1)
Compact Flash (CF 0,2)
Compact Flash (CF 0,3)
Compact Flash (CF 1,1)
Compact Flash (CF 1,2)
Compact Flash (CF 1,3)

I made the selection "Compact Flash (CF 0,3)
Then I plugged my zaurus into my windows box, but I still didn't have a connection.
Windows asked me to "insert disk"

I then rebooted my zaurus, this didn't help.
Rebooting actually made my usbfunction.py file revert back to it's original state.
I lost my editing!  How do I make this change permanent?

What else do I need to change to make my microdrive available on my PC?

[Jon_J]

I finally got my microdrive to open on my windows box!
I just kept selecting different settings in USB settings and when I used this one, it hooked up!
Compact Flash (CF 0,2)
Now I have one remaining issue. If I reboot, my usbfunction.py reverts to it's un-edited state.
I made a copy of the edited version, so if I have to reboot, I can just replace the original one with my new one.
But there must be a better way...
How can I make my edited usbfunction.py permanent so it will survive a reboot??