[Angstrom-distro-users] Collie (Zaurus SL5500) and likewise for the SL-5600 poodle

[F. Edward Barrett]

On May 13 2007 2:28 pm David L. Johnson wrote:
> Willie Fleming wrote:
> > I can't find instructions either. I'd try and experiment but I'm scared
> > of turning the Zaurus into a brick. If anyone can convince me my fears
> > are groundless then I'll certainly go ahead and document any success or
> > failure
>
> Well, I donno about instructions for the 5500, but the comparison of
> installation ease and success between Angstrom and pdaXrom was night and
> day for me.
>
> I have been told that it is "nearly" impossible to brick a Zaurus
> through software alone, but...   I nearly succeeded trying to install
> the latest pdaXrom.  I found the files needed to restore the Sharp rom
> from http://www.trisoft.de.

The final Sharp update (that I know of) for the 5500 is at 
http://www.myzaurus.com/ROMupdate5.asp.  There's a 5600 update labelled 
August of 2003 at http://www.myzaurus.com/ROMupdate6.asp, but I don't know if 
that's the final official update.  There's no ROMupdate7.asp page.

Ed
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