Redboot on Zaurus

Dec 06, 2003 2 Replies

All,



I got a Sharp SL-5600, and was happy with the fact that it's based on Linux. However, just like other companies, Sharp only provides limited hardware information. In addition to that, even have googled for a while, I still do not know how to configure its bootloader in order to load my BSD kernel. I saw some notes about how to temporarily install redboot within winCE/iPaq and download Linux kernel. And thinking that I might do the same thing on SL-5600. First bootup Zaurus into Sharp's Linux, install redboot in RAM, then download and execute my own kernel.... Did anyone try that? Any comments are appreciated...Thnks!



Regards, Bear.


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Nice project. Although you may consider to look into porting LAB (Linux as Bootloader) - the next generation handhelds.org bootloader - instead.

LAB can probably easier be ported than RedBoot - besides, it has strong community support :)

Cheers,

Mickey.

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