On Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:35:01 +0400, kmeaw wrote: >Brian Keck ÐÉÛÅÔ: >> ... >> I've installed the familiar-build OE setup, added the navpoint.c patch >> posted recently, done 'bitbake handhelds-pxa-2.6', & run >> ipkg-make-index. >> >> I haven't yet done 'ipkg install kernel-image-2.6', because I'm a bit >> nervous, knowing that it will overwrite the existing zImage-2.6.15-hh2 & >> /lib/modules/2.6.15-hh2 (I bumped the version from r2 to r3). >> ... > >ipkg does not update the kernel, it could only be updated using SDG >bootldr's integrated flash utility. /boot/zImage file has nothing to do >with real kernel image.
Sorry to be dense, but /boot/zImage-2.6.15-hh2 is 1.2 MB ... surely that's the linux kernel??? It seems (from df) to be on the same partition as the rest of the rootfs ... is this an illusion? Or is the problem that you can't overwrite /boot/zImage-2.6.15-hh2 while it's running? I notice in one of your earlier posts you mention internal flash having 6 partitions with the kernel, rootfs, & homefs on separate partitions. All 3 of these seem to be in the same linux partition on my 4700 ... Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/mtdblock2 78592 45940 32652 58% / tmpfs 10240 384 9856 4% /dev /dev/mmcblk0p1 983672 95664 838040 10% /media/card tmpfs 31216 72 31144 0% /var tmpfs 31216 44 31172 0% /media/ram /dev/hda1 1950040 96352 1754632 5% /media/cf Does /dev/mtdblock2 somehow stitch the 3 flash partitions into 1 linux partition? >If you don't want your kernel to be updated, But I do, that's exactly what I want (the navpoint patch is in there). >... Thanks for the advice about recovering, but more for waking me up to kernel installs being special. I just found http://sdstrowes.co.uk/amuse/Kernel_compile_on_HP_iPAQ_hx4700.php which is nice & detailed. Brian Keck _______________________________________________ Hx4700-port mailing list Hx4700-port@handhelds.org https://www.handhelds.org/mailman/listinfo/hx4700-port
