Hello, On Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:50:08 -0600 Nathan Thern <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all - > Longtime lurker & longtime linux user, but first time Angstrom user. > > After reading the docs for a while, I found the h4000 directory of the > released files and downloaded > Angstrom-x11-image-liveramdisk-2007.12-h4000.exe > It booted and ran great. OK, I had verified that Angstrom indeed runs > on my H4150 and is fast enough to be useable. Next I put the following > files on an SD card: > > Angstrom-boot-2.6.21-hh20-r6-h4000.exe (BTW, is this just an > Angstrom-specific build of HARET, or is it some other bootloader?) That's (likely, AFAIR) is haret with bundled initramfs which implements rootfs selection. Make sure that you read http://www.linuxtogo.org/gowiki/WinCeQuickInstall > Angstrom-x11-image-glibc-ipk-2007.12-h4000.rootfs.img.bz2 (un-bzipped) > zImage-2.6.21-hh20-r6-h4000.bin > > It also booted and ran great. Now I have a working, customize-able > Angstrom distro running on my Ipaq. Awesome job guys. However, I > wanted to compare the Opie version to the X11 version, so I put > Angstrom-opie-image-glibc-ipk-2007.12-r18-h4000.rootfs.img.bz2 > (un-bzipped) on my SD card. It stalls when booting (the progress bar > under the drafting compass gets about halfway across the screen and > then stops. I've waited overnight to see if it ever finishes, & it > never does). > > I see some clues in the filenames - the kernel has r6 in the name and > the Opie image has r18, but I'm just guessing. If someone can help me > get the Opie version working, that would be great. The first step in such situation is to disable boot splash screen to watch boot console messages. You can read FAQ to find out how. > > regards, > NT -- Best regards, Paul mailto:[email protected] _______________________________________________ Angstrom-distro-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/angstrom-distro-devel
