[linux-sh:03166] Re: HP 620LX (SH-7709) Problems

Hi Ben,

It so happens to be I and another person have just started a project 
concerning a linux distro for the HP 6x0 series (680/690 and 620LX/660LX 
machines). My fellow developer has built a few kernels, including one for the 
620LX. You can get it from the downloads section on 
http://195.241.12.117/jlime (temporary address, domain is pending). It hasn't 
been tested, you're welcome to try it and inform us on how it works. It has 
some custom patches applied, my co-developer has sources for those. One 
reason your kernel could be hanging is if it's a bzImage, shlo only seems to 
support zImage. Also, it can take more than 30 seconds for the kernel to 
boot, but I figure you've waited longer than that.
The userland we are creating  for our distro (based on uclibc if everything 
works out) will be intended for the 620LX as well, but we only just started 
the project so our userland is still pretty much non-existent (apart from a 
busybox build). 
We would very much appreciate if you would combine forces with us to create a 
decent distro. Check out our website for more details.
About your disappearing /etc dir, I myself have been running a version of 
2.5.24 which is probably built from the same sources (but for HP 690 
instead), and I've never experienced anything like that. However, I don't 
think I ever halted the system, I always reboot. Since there's no power 
management support yet you'll end up at the same point... being Windows CE.

Hope to be hearing from you,

Henk

On Monday 23 February 2004 04:46, Ben Jackson wrote:
> I've recently come into possesion of an HP 620lx. I've grabbed the
> precompiled kernels from dodes.org and it merrily boots in 2.5.24.
> However when put the system into halt, my entire /etc gets blown away.
> The file system is one giant ext2 filesystem on a 256MB CF (along with
> 32MB swap and a 6MB FAT16)
>
> Since I didn't like rebuilding my system every time I wanted to boot, I
> decided to compile my own kernel. I grabbed crosstool and compiled
> gcc-3.3.2 w/glibc 2.3.2. I applied the nessecary patches and used the
> config file I got off of dodes. The kernel compiled fine. (2.4.24)
>
> Now, onto my main problem. I loaded the kernel onto the CF, edited my
> shlo.txt to boot the kernel and ran shlo.exe. The WinCE dialog box shows
> up, I hit OK... and nothing. Screen never blanks, kernel never boots,
> and I have to hard reset the system to get it responsive again. Upon
> reset, all my settings are kept, so the RAM never gets blanked.
>
> OK, so I have the following questions:
>          * Any idea why my /etc keeps disappearing?
>          * Is there any kerenel specific options in shlo.txt that
> might                           be causing my problem?
>          * Are there any more up to date resources I should be using?
>          * Is there any more active development on the SuperH port od
>            Debian?
>          * Is there a better forum for these questions?
>
> Cheers and thanks!
>
>                                  ~Ben
>
> (In case anyone is in the same boat as me, you can view my progress at:
> http://www.innismir.net/projects/hp620linux/ )