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Linux on Palm T3! Success!


sjaglin
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oh! so cool.

 

where? how! does the bluetooth work?

 

my dad's got an old T3 with a bust up battery, if i can get linux on it, i might bother fixing it up!

 

edit: Ok, I googled, http://hackndev.com/

 

looks like bluetooth does work.

 

 

Is it possible to boot the palm straight to linux?

 

James

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Hi James,

 

Sorry, so much work and a couple of parties...

 

Well I think it s possible to boot straight into Linux but you ll have to flash the ROM so quite dangerous (also there is a fix if you mess-up which involves soldering!!!)

 

let me know how you get on, I ve got a couple of gpe running but all is not functionnal yet, that makes me really want a Zaurus!

 

Stef

 

http://hackndev.com/palm/tt3/howto

http://trac.hackndev.com/kedar/

http://caerwyn.com/ipn/

http://ked.wz.cz/palmlinux/

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Hi there,

 

Here are a few more details on how to proceed.

 

1-You need an SD or MMC card to boot your t3 from Linux (garux)

2-Format the card (or at least the first partition) fat 16

3-Make a directory calle linux2ram and put the following files in it : (found at http://ked.wz.cz/palmlinux/ and other...)

 

rootfs-t3-gpe-farcaller-042806.squashfs

kedar_changes.squashfs

kernel-modules.squashfs

alsa.squashfs

mplayer.squashfs

mc.squashfs

 

 

4-Make the following modlist.txt file :

 

01-rootfs-t3-gpe-farcaller-042806.squashfs

02-kedar_changes.squashfs

03-kernel-modules.squashfs

04-alsa.squashfs

05-mplayer.squashfs

06-mc.squashfs

 

and rename the file in /linux2ram as required.

 

5-install garux on the pda and launch it then it should all work fine

 

I ve posted a few shots :

http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/5062638

 

the result is a bit slow but there is a way to accelerate the transfers between the CPU and the card , I still have to work on that...

 

I have not managed to find out how to save my settings and file yet either but it's real fun to use the command line on the T3 and be able to tweak a bit more with the hardware than it 's possible with Palm OS

 

Enjoy!

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