Linux on XV6600 – Copying filesystem to SD Card
March 4th, 2006 - 06:01pm
Here’s more on installing, to make it a bit easier:
First, download the files:
Next, install according to the commands below. The autorun goes in the 2577 directory, most of the others go in the linux directory and the big gzipped gpe-ba gets untarred on the second partition.
| [root@chocolate ~]# mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt [root@chocolate ~]# mkdir /mnt/2577 [root@chocolate ~]# mkdir /mnt/linux [root@chocolate ~]# cp autorun.exe /mnt/2577 [root@chocolate ~]# cp haret.exe initrd-2.6.12-hh2.gz startup.txt zImage-2.6.12 /mnt/linux [root@chocolate ~]# sync # this may take a while – be patient [root@chocolate ~]# umount /mnt [root@chocolate ~]# mount /dev/sdc2 /mnt [root@chocolate ~]# cd /mnt [root@chocolate ~]# tar xf ~/gpe-ba.tar.bz # this takes a while as it populates the filesystem, you may use xvf instead of xf to see the files as they are untarred [root@chocolate ~]# ls bin boot dev etc home lib lost+found media mnt oldroot proc sbin sys tmp usr var [root@chocolate mnt]# cd [root@chocolate ~]# sync # this may take a while – be patient [root@chocolate ~]# umount /mnt |
That should be it. Plug it in to your Blueangel device and it should automatically load and boot into Linux. But make certain that you have backed up the contents of your PDA first! Running Linux on it completely wipes out the PDA. You’ll need to install from scratch after resetting.
And, I don’t believe this distribution allows the phone to be charged while using it, so be warned! You will have to reinstall. I’d recommend a full charge before doing this.