Himalaya

Boot Linux+GPE on SD

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Installation

  1. Partition your SD card : create one primary linux partition, at least 64MB 
    Erase the card, providing your card reader is at /dev/sda :
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda

Use fdisk to create a partition :
# fdisk /dev/sda

Command (m for help): n
Command action
   e   extended
   p   primary partition (1-4)
p
Partition number (1-4): 1
First cylinder (1-972, default 1): enter
Using default value 1
Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (10-972, default 972): enter
Using default value 972

Command (m for help): t
Selected partition 1
Hex code (type L to list codes): 83
Changed system type of partition 1 to 83 (Linux)

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sda: 254 MB, 254803968 bytes
16 heads, 32 sectors/track, 972 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 512 * 512 = 262144 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1               1         972      249960   83  Linux

Command (m for help): w
The partition table has been altered!

Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.

WARNING: If you have created or modified any DOS 6.x
partitions, please see the fdisk manual page for additional
information.
Syncing disks.
  2. Format it (ext3) 
    # mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda1
  3. Extract (not copy) GPE image on your partition. 
    ~ # mount -t ext3 /dev/sda1 /mnt/sd
~ # cd /mnt/sd
/mnt/sd # tar jxvf <path/to>/gpe-image-h3900-20060102151331.rootfs.tar.bz2
  4. Extract the modules tarball to your SD partition root.
    5. ~ # cd /mnt/sd
/mnt/sd # tar zxvf <path/to>/modules-2.6.12.tgz
  5. Copy Haret, default.txt and kernel either in your WinCE "\Storage" folder (they must all be in the same directory)
This kernel has most important things built-in (e.g. mmc+ext3 support). You don't really need to install the modules in the SD partition.

Going further

"All-in-one" SD card

SD Card with 3 partitions :
  1. VFAT : Storage for Haret, kernel, gpe.txt and opie.txt
  2. EXT3 : Familiar/GPE system
  3. EXT3 : Familiar/Opie system
TODO