Has anyone had any experience booting from a flash card (I have a sandisk 128) attached to the usb port on the zaurus? If so, does the installation/reboot procedure differ at all?
I've been trying this the last 2 hours or so to do something similar. I don't have a SD or CF card (or flash driver) so I've been trying to flash it over USB using that option connected to my PC.
I'm connected to the cradle and in Windows.
I've downloaded the 5600 rom update from myzaurus.com. It has a ZaurusOSUpdate.exe that I'm trying to use for my SL-6000L. I have edited the files to include the standard zImage.bin updater.sh and initrd.sh that were mentioned in earlier posts. I have both Opie and GPE downloaded, not sure which I'm currently attempting.
I've cleared off all installed self-installed software.
I get to the point where it says "--- Zaurus USB Updater ---" on the zaurus.
The pc then connects, appears to send the updater.sh, but stops. The Zaurus says "please reset" or something.
I've tried various paths for the files:
/etc/update/
/etc/
/
/home/etc/
All no good.
I think the problem might be (although I'm guessing here) there's some errors when going into the USB Update option referring to "usbdevfs" "can not mount" "usb_ohci_?" and "/proc/bus/usb". Maybe that always happens?
It at least appears this approach is "hackable", but this is my first zaurus, and my first attempt at flashing it.
There may even be a ready to use ZaurusOSUpdate.exe for the 6000 out there somewhere...
Maybe someone else has a clue....