RE: [9fans] supported ipaq's?

[Stephen Parker <stephen.parker@pitechnology.com>]

that makes sense.  i do press the central rocker to get access to
the bootloader command line.  i'll experiment tonight.

thanks for all the help,
stephen

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sape Mullender [mailto:sape@plan9.bell-labs.com]
> Sent: 26 June 2002 10:04
> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
> Subject: RE: [9fans] supported ipaq's?
>
>
> > one puzzler is that when i reset the ipaq i loose my partition
> > setup (it goes back to the default bootldr and root partitions).
> > the data in them looks fine i can simply reset the partition
> > table from the bootldr and it boots fine but it makes booting
> > standalone impossible.  i do "parameter save".  has anyone seen
> > this happen?
>
> Yes and no.  If you reset the iPaq with the rocker switch held down,
> the reset apparently is more thorough in that it also resets
> the partitions.
> If you merely push in the reset button (through the little hole at the
> bottom), without touching any additional buttons, it should not reset
> your partitions.  If your partitions disappear after reset or
> power cycle,
> then something must really be wrong.
>