Subject: Linux for your Palm
From: <Saved by Windows Internet Explorer 7>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:05:26 -0800

Linux for Palm

Instalation:

Download kernel package for you Palm.

Unpack it in root directory of your card.

Download rootfs package (you can choose any of them).

Unpack it in root directory of your card.

Optionaly download misc package

Optionaly unpack misc package in root directory of your card.

Backup your Palm.

Run Cocoboot and tap on Boot.

Do not use reboot!

Enjoy ;-)

Packages

Kernel packages

Package

Size

Checksum

Last change

Palm
T|T5 kernel package (324x484)

1.5M

md5sha1

Fri Mar 21 09:54:49 CET 2008

Palm
T|T5 kernel package (320x480)

1.5M

md5sha1

Fri Mar 21 09:54:49 CET 2008

Palm
TX kernel package (324x484)

1.6M

md5sha1

Fri Mar 21 09:54:49 CET 2008

Palm
TX kernel package (320x480)

1.6M

md5sha1

Fri Mar 21 09:54:49 CET 2008

Rootfs packages

Package

Size

Checksum

Last change

Opie
root (10/01/2007) in ext2

39M

md5sha1

Mon Feb 11 21:26:44 CET 2008

Opie
root (10/01/2007) in squashfs-lzma

32M

md5sha1

Mon Feb 11 21:26:44 CET 2008

Opie
root (05/05/2008) in ext2

59M

md5sha1

Fri May 9 16:56:49 CEST 2008

release
notes

Opie
root (05/05/2008) in squashfs-lzma

49M

md5sha1

Fri May 9 17:31:25 CEST 2008

release
notes

Other Stuffs

Package

Size

Checksum

Last change

Misc package
- swap and separate home partition

44K

md5sha1

Mon Feb 11 21:30:28 CET 2008

Cocoboot
- Linux loader for PalmOS

36K

md5sha1

Mon Feb 11 17:20:06 CET 2008

Initramdisk
from packages above (in squashfs-lzma)

148K

md5sha1

Thu Apr 10 21:45:34 CEST 2008

Example of
configuration for ramdisk

8.0K

md5sha1

Thu Jul 5 21:51:57 CEST 2007

Packages notes

Several rootfs packages can coexist on the same card. You'll be promted on
each boot which one do you want. You can choose between them using DPad center
key.

Several kernel packages can't coexists on the same card.

Ext2 packages are faster, but they are larger.

Squashfs-lzma packages are smaller, but they are slower.

General notes

No warranty of any kind.

Using reboot can be dangerous. Use halt instead and when halting process
ends, use reset button.

These distrubutions are more experimental then whole Linux for Palm, but
it should work somehow.

Even more testing releases can be found at testing page, but
there is high probability that nobody tested them yet.

Kernel comes from Hacking &
Development

Links

Most important link - Hacking &
Development home site

If you want to be informed about current Palm TX status then my blog can
be also usefull - http://miska-hnd.blogspot.com/