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List:       familiar
Subject:    RE: [Familiar] Reparitioning for bootldr?
From:       "Linux Guy" <linuxguy () consultant ! com>
Date:       2001-11-28 19:28:32
Message-ID: 20011128192833.19604.qmail () mail ! com
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Thanks.  I had hoped that it was that simple.

I'll move the other partitions up respectively as well --- not a problem.

-----Original Message-----
From: "Hicks, Jamey" <Jamey.Hicks@compaq.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 13:19:12 -0500
To: "Linux Guy" <linuxguy@consultant.com>, <familiar@handhelds.org>
Subject: RE: [Familiar] Reparitioning for bootldr?


> 
> The following will enable you to update the bootldr:
> 
>   partition define bootldr 0x0 0x40000 2
>   load bootldr
>   reset
> 
> **Do not do a 'params save' or 'partition save' until the new bootldr is
> running**
> 
> Jamey
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Linux Guy [mailto:linuxguy@consultant.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 12:52 PM
> > To: familiar@handhelds.org
> > Subject: [Familiar] Reparitioning for bootldr?
> > 
> > 
> > Before I brick my iPaq 3150...
> > 
> > I need to move some partitions around to make 
> > "room" for the 2.16.19 bootloader.  Right now if I try to 
> > upgrade the bootloader, it won't "take" because the  bootlrd 
> > partition is only 
> > 131072, whereas the 2.16.19 image is 144k.
> > 
> > 
> > Is there a safe way to repartition the system at the boot> 
> > prompt without trashing the ability to load the new 
> > bootloader?  I assume yes, but I'm not willing to bet a brick 
> > on the answer.
> > 
> > Currently, my partitions are laid out as follows:
> > boot> partition show
> > argv[1]=partition
> > npartitions=00000004
> > bootldr
> >   base: 00000000
> >   size: 00020000
> >  flags: 00000002
> > params
> >   base: 00020000
> >   size: 00020000
> >  flags: 00000000
> > kernel
> >   base: 00080000
> >   size: 000C0000
> >  flags: 00000000
> > root
> >   base: 00140000
> >   size: 00EC0000
> >  flags: 00000018
> > 
> > 
> > ADVthanksANCE
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