Psions running Linux HOWTO

A Linux-7k Document

8th September 2000


Table of Contents
Credits
Introduction: Background
How Does it Work?
Preparation
Booting using Arlo
What can I do Now?
Creating a Filesystem on your Compact Flash
Autobooting Arlo from Reset
How do I get Back to EPOC?
Rolling your Own (Cross Compiling)
Resources

This document contains brief instructions on how to get a Psion 5 or Geofox One to boot into the Linux Operating System. For further information on using Psion palmtops with Linux, please refer to the Psion with Linux HOWTO.

Warning

This is the method which is generally used for getting Linux running on the Psion 5 - it may work for you or it may not; it may make your Psion blow up and your house fall down for all I know. Don't blame anybody if something goes wrong. That said, if you have any problems, you can always join the mailing list and somebody there will assist you.

Credits

This document was derived (stolen) from the original Booting-HOWTO by Stephen Harris with additions by George Wright and loosely tied together by Nathan Catlow. It was then converted from Linuxdoc to DocBook by Paul Webb, and tided and SGML processed by Wookey. George and Nathan are the current content maintainers, Wookey is responsible for 'production'. It is now also available as a chapter of the book: A 'Guide to ARMLinux'

The credit list is as follows:

Please see http://linux-7110.sourceforge.net/credits.html on the website for other excellent people involved in the port. Obviously, if you feel that you have not been credited properly, then please get in touch.