Re: [ubuntu-in] Installing Linux on my IMATE
Kingsly John wrote: +++ Lut4rp [2008-06-06 08:03:30]: I want to install linux on my Imate pocket PC. I searched on the net but could not find much resources or direct downloads / instructions. All articles are based on IPAQ but mine is IMATE ...does it make any difference ? any pointers on this regard will be very helpful to me... I don't think it shall make much of a difference, since both are based on Windows Mobile. Hardly true. Embedded devices are all very different no matter how alike they might seem. There is no guarantee that you'll even get as far as a shell on the embedded device without the exact drivers required for that hardware. And there is nearly no possibility of your getting to use the device for making phone calls without some drivers/proprietary information that the companies just won't release. If you can't hack the kernel and drivers necessary to boot up. Or don't know how to reflash the original OS when the phone is bricked .. it's best to avoid experimenting. Please bear in mind, that if you wreck/brick your phone, you shall probably void your warranty, and might not even be able to repair it. Be careful :) And all your advice above are sure fire ways to brick the phone. Kingsly PS: Is it just me or is this channel going way off-topic these days. thnx for the comments guys...sorry for off topic question...i will post it right from next time...i think i will live with windows mobile for now...thnx -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Installing Linux on my IMATE
+++ Lut4rp [2008-06-06 08:03:30]: > > I want to install linux on my Imate pocket PC. I searched on the net but > > could not find much resources or direct downloads / instructions. All > > articles are based on IPAQ but mine is IMATE ...does it make any > > difference ? any pointers on this regard will be very helpful to me... > > I don't think it shall make much of a difference, since both are based > on Windows Mobile. Hardly true. Embedded devices are all very different no matter how alike they might seem. There is no guarantee that you'll even get as far as a shell on the embedded device without the exact drivers required for that hardware. And there is nearly no possibility of your getting to use the device for making phone calls without some drivers/proprietary information that the companies just won't release. If you can't hack the kernel and drivers necessary to boot up. Or don't know how to reflash the original OS when the phone is bricked .. it's best to avoid experimenting. > Please bear in mind, that if you wreck/brick your phone, you shall > probably void your warranty, and might not even be able to repair it. > Be careful :) And all your advice above are sure fire ways to brick the phone. Kingsly PS: Is it just me or is this channel going way off-topic these days. -- --- Kingsly At Users Dot SourceForge Dot Net -- http://kingsly.org/ --- pgpQZ2FEoe3EP.pgp Description: PGP signature -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Installing Linux on my IMATE
> I want to install linux on my Imate pocket PC. I searched on the net but > could not find much resources or direct downloads / instructions. All > articles are based on IPAQ but mine is IMATE ...does it make any > difference ? any pointers on this regard will be very helpful to me... I don't think it shall make much of a difference, since both are based on Windows Mobile. You can try installing Openmoko (www.openmoko.org). Their wiki and IRC channel are very helpful. Please bear in mind, that if you wreck/brick your phone, you shall probably void your warranty, and might not even be able to repair it. Be careful :) Cheers Pratul -- dum vivimus, vivamus 70 72 61 74 75 6C http://pratul.in -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
[ubuntu-in] Installing Linux on my IMATE
hi all, I want to install linux on my Imate pocket PC. I searched on the net but could not find much resources or direct downloads / instructions. All articles are based on IPAQ but mine is IMATE ...does it make any difference ? any pointers on this regard will be very helpful to me... thnx in advance -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
