Sharp Zaurus SL-C3000 Instruction Manual page 168

my Zaurus SL-C3000 and SL-C3100
To flash pdaXii13 Spitz (Alice), you will first need to repartition your internal MicroDrive. The
original partitioning provided by Sharp is quite adequate for the base install, however, if you had
installed the previous C3000 betas, then you probably had your entire MicroDrive partitioned into a
single 4GB filesystem. This is OK too. The first partition should be at least 512MB if you install the
full pdaXii13, but pdaXii13 base should fit into the default Sharp partition layout. My personal
preferred partitioning is as follows since I do a lot of native compilations on the Zaurus:
hdd1 2.2GB / (ext3/linux ID 83)
hdd2 256MB /swap (linux swap ID 82)
hdd3 1.5B /data (win95 fat ID c)
However, for most users, a larger data partition would probably be more useful and hence the
newer pdaXii13 installer will create the following custom partition layout instead:
hdd1 1.4GB / (ext3/linux ID 83)
hdd2 256MB /swap (linux swap ID 82)
hdd3 2.4B /data (win95 fat ID c)
The pdaXii13 installer also allows you to create a single partition for the entire MicroDrive, or use an
improved version of fdisk which can create partitions properly unlike the default fdisk which comes
with the Zaurus to manually create your own desired partition scheme. There is also an option
provided which allows you to restore your original factory set partition layout.
Before you flash to a new distro, you will first need to prepare the flash medium. For this you will
need either a 512MB or 1GB SD/CF card formatted as fat16 (newer versions of Windows will by
default format as fat32 instead of fat16 unless you tell it otherwise). Place all the required
installation binaries onto the root of the card. The following files are required:
updater.sh
updater-tools.bin
zImage-2.4.20.bin
initrd.bin
hdimage-full.tgz (see note below)
Note: You can either use hdimage-base.tgz which gives you a vanilla pdaXrom install with
minimal/essential fixes only, hdimage-full.tgz which is a fully customised and polished image with
all the customisations as described below, or hdimage-custom.tgz which is a snapshot/backup of a
custom system. The installer will pick up any of these names (hdimage-base.tgz, hdimage-full.tgz,
hdimage-custom.tgz) so just copy the one you want to the card with the other files listed above. In
general, user contributed custom images should be called hdimage-custom.tgz
You need to do the following to get into the Maintenance Menu which is where you can
update/install pdaXii13 from:
Unplug everything from your Zaurus, ie power, cards, etc...
Press the reset button (unlock the battery cover and press the little reset button)
Put battery lid back on and lock the battery compartment
Press and hold the OK key while pressing the On/Off button at the front
You are now in the Maintenance Menu
To upgrade or flash your distro to pdaXii13, do the following from the Maintenance Menu to get into
the pdaXii13 updater menu:
Insert CF or SD (which ever has the install files)
Plug in the power
Choose Option 4 (Update) from the Maintenance Menu
Select your installation source, choose CF or SD
Confirm your selection (choose option on the left)
In the pdaXii13 updater menu choose Option 2 to repartition your Zaurus if required (depends on
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