Re: Final status of CFBoot

On 3/28/06, M. Ghiath Khatib <mghiathk-PkbjNfxxIARBDgjK7y7TUQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I am currently trying to boot my unit from a CF card. I followed exactly the
> steps mentioned in its respective website, but, unfortunately, all my
> attempts were unsuccessful (always blank, black screen). The reasons:
>
> 1. No final report on a working startup script.

What to use for startup.txt depends on how your CF card is formatted.

> 2. Which GUI works OPIE or GPE? or both?

GPE works well; I can't answer about Opie.

> 3. Do I really need to format after every failure?

I've never needed to.

> Can anybody tell me, what rootdelay=5 means? 5 mins, secs ,...?

5 seconds.

> You have done a fantastic work, so please complete it by reporting the final
> experiences on the respective webpages.

Have you seen this: http://www.handhelds.org/hypermail/h2200-port/36/3623.html

This combination is known to work.

Matt