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On 30 Jun 2009, at 11:21, dhk wrote: |
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>> Finally, can you even install Linux on this scanner? Chances are its |
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>> processor is ARM - Linux will run on that architecture, but you |
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>> won't be |
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>> able to chroot in from your x86 box & install GRUB. |
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>> Chances are that this scanner is some kind of rebadged HP iPaq or |
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>> something, onto which Linux has been / can be cludged onto, but you |
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>> seem |
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>> to be making a lot of assumptions ahead of time. |
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> I done have a Windows box so I don't know how it looks on that. |
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> However, I already build the arm cross compiler and have a kernel to |
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> install on it, the only thing is I don't know how to reach it. Now I |
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> just want to know how to get the kernel to the device. This may be a |
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> bigger project than I thought. |
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Having managed to cross-compile the kernel is a pretty good start. I |
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couldn't do that much. |
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But you need to determine stuff like how the bootloader works on this |
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device. |
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As I said, chances are that the device is not completely unique. If it |
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is simply a rebadged HP iPaq or something then efforts (at the very |
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least) to install Linux on it will surely be documented. First thing |
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to do is learn all you can about the hardware. |
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Stroller. |
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