From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-Id: From: Stephen Parker To: "'9fans@cse.psu.edu'" <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: RE: [9fans] supported ipaq's? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 10:09:20 +0100 Topicbox-Message-UUID: b9bd50c4-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 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 -- Stephen Parker. Pi Technology. +44 (0)1223 203438. > -----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. >