Felipe, I have 5500v31c.zip (33.9MB) and 5500v31u.zip (64.2MB). I am not sure what the difference is between them. I downloaded both of them from the Sharp website in 2007 before Sharp discontinued the Zaurus support site. I also have the original web page regarding the v3 downloads, which makes reference to the ospack, which Sharp does not make available, but which they say they may make available in the future. Also, I have UpdateROMinstructions.pdf and ROM Update5 original webpage. I have these on a CD, which I made, or I can email whatever files you wish. Please let me know where and how you would like to receive these files.
I believe I can locate ospack on old CF card if you need it. Thank you for your efforts. Cordially, Ron Hardy > Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 07:36:29 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Angstrom-distro-users] Update to Collie install page > proposition. > > Can you send me a copy of the sharp rom? I no longer have mine :) > I will experiment with it and let you know if it is really possible > with kexecboot. > > Worse case scenario will probably be to leave the sharp rom initrd.bin in > nand. > and rewrite the sharp image over kexecboot in flash if you want to use > the sharp rom. I will test all this before hand. > > Felipe > > On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 5:34 AM, Ron W Hardy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Your set of instructions sounds straightforward. Thank you, Felipe. > > Is it possible to expand on how to copy the kernel from flash correctly, > > as you suggest doing in your last paragraph of the attachment? > > It would be nice to not lose SharpROM 3.10, which I now use, > > while experimenting with Angstrom, OpenZaurus, or other distributions. > > > > I would love to help with testing. > > However, it would be very helpful to be able to still use my collie > > with SharpROM 3.10 as I now do. > > > > At present, it appears that I must overwrite (and completely lose) > > SharpROM in order to test anything else. > > > > Kexecboot holds out the potential promise of still accessing SharpROM > > residing on SD or CF cards. Has anyone really done this, or is it an > > untested possibility? > > > > Is it as easy as just copying initrd and zImage from Sharp CD to an > > ext2-formatted SD card? > > > > It looked to me like Roland Hughes had a successful kexecboot install. > > But, the Angstrom install was not responding. > > It was not clear if another distro was working from kexecboot for Roland. > > > > I believe that even one reported successful case of running SharpROM > > from SD using kexecboot, along with clear instructions on how to install > > SharpROM to SD would increase my confidence level enough to try it. > > > > Even though I am a new-bee, I could soon be a tester-bee, since the > > prospect of bricking my Collie would seem less likely. > > > > An innovation that would be very appealing would be a kexecboot-like > > ipk that could be installed and run like any other program from > > SharpROM-in-NAND. The kexecboot application could be installed to internal > > RAM also and easily be reinstalled if cold reset were sometimes required. > > Since a copy of the kexecboot ipk could be kept in SD memory, it could > > easily be reinstalled to internal RAM whenever necessary within a few > > moments. > > This would feel much safer and more rubust to me than the current method > > of BURN-to-NAND-overwriting-any-known-connection-to-sanity. > > > > Is there some problem with QT or Opie running once SharpROM has been > > allowed to become active, which would interfere with kexecboot as an ipk? > > If so, could the overhead be reduced or eliminated by shutting QT and OPIE > > off before giving control to kexecboot ipk? > > > > Thank you all for your efforts to make the Collie live up to its > > potential. I hope to help as I come to better understand linux and collie. > > > > Cordially, > > Ron Hardy > > > >> Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 17:39:35 -0400 > >> From: [email protected] <Felipe Navarrete> > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: [Angstrom-distro-users] Update to Collie install page proposition. > >> > >> Hello All, > >> > >> Here are my proposed changes to the Collie install page. > >> See attachment. > > > > The last paragraph of the attachment said: > > > > Also! Now that you have kexecboot installed you can boot other > > images/OSes(Like Openzaurus) without having to flash the collie(unless you > > want it in nand). > > Simply unpack an image to SD and hit your reset button and kexecboot screen > > will come up. Try another image! > > For older images like Openzaurus you may need to copy the kernel(normally > > residing in flash) to the > > /boot directory of the SD/CF card or the "Nand image" . This is somewhat > > experimental as Openzaurus predates kexecboot. > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. > > http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_1 > > _______________________________________________ > > Angstrom-distro-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/angstrom-distro-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > Angstrom-distro-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/angstrom-distro-users _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy is not the too busy. 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