[clug] Linux on Palm

[steve jenkin]

Alex Osborne wrote on 15/9/08 10:51 PM:

Alex,

very clear instructions & "good on you" for writing 'cocoboot'.

What happens for text input on Palm devices running it?
Does 'graffiti' (sp?) still work?
What about an IR keyboard?

regards
s

> Hey Fred,
> 
> On 15/09/2008, at 12:34 PM, Pilcher, Fred wrote:
>>
>> There are lots of references on the web about installing Linux on the
>> T3, but they're generally either a couple of years old, in Spanish,
>> and/or far beyond my technical expertise.
>>
> 
> http://hackndev.com/ is the main site for the palm ports.  Although most
> of the developers don't speak english as a first language and just work
> on this out of personal interest so haven't written much in the way of
> easy to understand user documentation.
> 
>> Has anyone actually done it and, if so, would they be willing to give me
>> a hand?
> 
> I haven't worked much with the T3 specifically, but you should be able
> to get some binaries from kEdAR's website:
> 
> http://kedar.palmlinux.cz/
> 
> Create directories /palm/launcher and /linux2ram on a FAT-formatted SD
> or MMC card, if they don't already exist.
> 
> The style of kEdAR's page is a little creative but the pieces you should
> need, and where to put them on the memory card are:
> 
> 1. Kernel: /
> http://kedar.palmlinux.cz/zImage.k106
> 
> 2. Bootloader: /palm/launcher
> http://kedar.palmlinux.cz/palm/launcher/cocoboot-0.4.prc
> 
> 3. Bootloader config: /
> http://kedar.palmlinux.cz/cocoboot.conf
> 
> 4. Initrd: /
> http://kedar.palmlinux.cz/initrd.k106.gz
> 
> 5. Kernel modules: /linux2ram
> http://kedar.palmlinux.cz/linux2ram/modules-k106.squashfs
> 
> 6. Root filesystem: /linux2ram
> http://kedar.palmlinux.cz/linux2ram/rootfs-OpieMini20070719-xscale.squashfs
> 
> 7. Device nodes: /linux2ram
> http://kedar.palmlinux.cz/linux2ram/dev_tt3.squashfs
> 
> 8. kEdAR's patches to the filesystem for T3: /linux2ram
> http://kedar.palmlinux.cz/linux2ram/kedar_changes.squashfs
> 
> Chuck in the card and you should find a new program "Cocoboot" with tux
> icon in the PalmOS launcher (you might need to select the card's
> category from the drop down menu).  Run it and hit boot and see if it
> works.
> 
> If it doesn't work, let me know.  I have an old partly broken T3 lying
> around somewhere which I can dig up and give it a go on.  Given I
> originally wrote Cocoboot, I guess I should have a decent chance of
> debugging it. ;-)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Alex


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