Re: [Hx4700-port] booting from the Sd card image bootldr.rom

[Todd Blumer]

Make sure you're doing the dd to the raw (e.g. sda) disk, not to a
partition (e.g. sdg1). You should then see the "press power to reflash"
message.

LOEWENTHAL Simon wrote:

> Hi there
> Is there a step missing from this page:
>
> --------------------
> Write bootldr.rom image to SD card using your Linux host (or another
> application that writes in raw format):
>
> # dd if=bootldr.rom of=/dev/<sda> # wipes SD card clean!
>
>
> Insert the SD card into the iPAQ with the bootldr.rom image on it from
> the previous step. If you later choose to restore the WinCE image, the
> same procedure would be used.
>
> Now, load the iPAQ reflash utility: *Addressbook* + *iTask* + *Reset*
>
> Follow the on-screen instructions (no backlight!) ignoring the
> checksum failure reported.
>
> --------------------
>
> *I have written the SD card with the image and done an Address**book*
> + *iTask* + *Reset and the device went straight to displaying USB
> v1.01,as before. Is there something I have to do to tell it to read
> the image from the SD card? Perhaps the opposite of d2s. Maybeits
> s2d? ;) there were no checksum errors reported, which I would expect
> if it didn;t do anything.
> *
>
> *regards,
> S
> *
>
>
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