[Angstrom-distro-users] Angstrom-distro-users Digest, Vol 10, Issue 21

[sebastian.reinfeldt]

On Sunday 15 July 2007 11:05:00 angstrom-distro-users-request at linuxtogo.org 
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>    1. mouse cursor (Kevin-Akita)
>    2. Re: Installing applications to an SD card (John Walker)
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> Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 19:02:10 -0700
> From: "Kevin-Akita" <zaurus at cleverswine.net>
> Subject: [Angstrom-distro-users] mouse cursor
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> How do I enable the mouse cursor in GPE (Angstrom latest).  I thought I saw
> it being disabled in a configuration file, but now I can't find it again.
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> Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 10:02:59 +0100
> From: John Walker <johnwalker at mac.com>
> Subject: Re: [Angstrom-distro-users] Installing applications to an SD
> 	card
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> That worked a treat. I am now booting from my SD card, and have even
> backed-up my new root-fs to a space CF; really easy.
>
> Macwiz
> c860: was proudly running pdaXii13! Now trying Angstrom ...
>
> 17in MacBook Pro: lovely xxxx
> Psion NetBook: a pda that I am not always updating and reflashing...
> might actually get some work done!
> SE P990i: with UIQ3. If I had paid the retail price it would have
> been a let down. But I got it cheap and unlocked, with a 2GB memory
> stick for free, so hey! Having wifi on your phone is not to be
> missed. Would love it to really run linux!
> Pocket Loox 720: used for designing ebooks. Just don't like it though!
>
> http://www.macwiz.co.uk
> macwiz: apple mac support in Oxfordshire
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> On 14 Jul 2007, at 19:07, kevin-akita wrote:
> > you want to use
> > Angstrom-x11-image-glibc-test-20070710-c7x0.rootfs.tar.gz
> >
> > and follow these instructions:
> > http://www.linuxtogo.org/gowiki/AngstromAltboot
> >
> > John Walker wrote:
> >> Hi Grog!
> >>
> >> Thanks for the info. When I look at the install images in the feed
> >> which is which...? So I know which one(s) to install on the SD, in a
> >> folder I gather should be called "boot-images".
> >>
> >> I have downloaded :
> >> Angstrom-x11-image-glibc-test-20070710-c7x0.rootfs.tar.gz
> >> x11-image-c7x0.jffs2
> >> zImage-c7x0.bin
> >>
> >> Which one of these would be the "-rootfs.bin"?
> >>
> >> Sure once I have got the hang of this I'll have multiple ones just
> >> for
> >> the fun of it. Might have to get a big SD card!
> >>
> >> -John
> >>
> >> *Macwiz*
> >> *c860*: was proudly running pdaXii13! Now trying Angstrom ...
> >>
> >> *17in MacBook Pro*: lovely xxxx
> >> *Psion NetBook*: a pda that I am not always updating and
> >> reflashing...
> >> might actually get some work done!
> >> *SE P990i*: with UIQ3. If I had paid the retail price it would have
> >> been a let down. But I got it cheap and unlocked, with a 2GB memory
> >> stick for free, so hey! Having wifi on your phone is not to be
> >> missed.
> >> Would love it to really run linux!
> >> *Pocket Loox 720*: used for designing ebooks. Just don't like it
> >> though!
> >>
> >> http://www.macwiz.co.uk
> >> *macwiz: apple mac support in Oxfordshire*
> >>
> >> On 14 Jul 2007, at 14:00, GROG! (Jeff Howie) wrote:
> >>> On 7/14/07, *John Walker* <johnwalker at mac.com
> >>> <mailto:johnwalker at mac.com>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>     That sure looks nice; would it work for a c860?
> >>>
> >>>     On 14 Jul 2007, at 03:35, Kevin-Akita wrote:
> >>>> Altboot works wonderfully!  I'm booting from a 4g sd card, and the
> >>>> performance seems fine.
> >>>
> >>>     http://scap.linuxtogo.org/files/
> >>> 119e71a64693e005aa6aacdccc31a926.png
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> That's the way I do it on my 860, so yes! :) It is pretty cool. I've
> >>> created several different images of 250mb in size. That way I can
> >>> fit
> >>> one on my smallest sd card, which is a 256. I've got several
> >>> different copies, a backup for milestones so I can easily go back
> >>> after a change. On my current working image I've still got about
> >>> 100mb free root space, that's after installing gpe, abiword,
> >>> gnumeric, minimo, etc, and a bunch of smaller stuff. And it zip's
> >>> down into a file of less than 80mb right now, so that makes a great
> >>> backup.
> >>>
> >>> Try it. It's definitely the way to go.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> GROG!
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