[ubuntu-in] Installing Linux on my IMATE

[Kingsly John]

+++ Lut4rp [2008-06-06 08:03:30]:

> > I want to install linux on my Imate pocket PC. I searched on the net but
> > could not find much resources or direct downloads / instructions. All
> > articles are based on IPAQ but mine is IMATE ...does it make any
> > difference ? any pointers on this regard will be very helpful to me...
> 
> I don't think it shall make much of a difference, since both are based
> on Windows Mobile. 

Hardly true. Embedded devices are all very different no matter how alike
they might seem. There is no guarantee that you'll even get as far as a
shell on the embedded device without the exact drivers required for that
hardware.

And there is nearly no possibility of your getting to use the device for
making phone calls without some drivers/proprietary information that the
companies just won't release.

If you can't hack the kernel and drivers necessary to boot up. Or don't know
how to reflash the original OS when the phone is bricked .. it's best to
avoid experimenting.

> Please bear in mind, that if you wreck/brick your phone, you shall
> probably void your warranty, and might not even be able to repair it.
> Be careful :)

And all your advice above are sure fire ways to brick the phone.

Kingsly

PS: Is it just me or is this channel going way off-topic these days.
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