[SOLVED] OPIE Linux on Palm Tungsten E2 With GParted [SOLVED] (Page 1 of 4)

Hi!

You're right, you must burn this ISO image as an image file. I don't know if the Windows XS burning function can handle this task; Nero can definitiely, and the several free CD burning tools around (CDBurnerXP, DeepBurner, ...) should also be able to do so. Unfortunately, there's no general rule for how these tools are operated, so you'd best refer to the documentation that came with your tool of choice (ofr is available on the project's web site).
Afterwards, you must boot your system off that CD. GParted does NOT run on Windows XP, since it is a piece of Linux software. The CD brings up a small Linux system with all the required functionality and finally starts GParted on top of this Linux system.

Ok, thanks! So if I connect an external SD card when I boot the CD, will it see the card?

You can try the second option [1]Configure X Gparted, using VESA graphics driver and a resolution of 1024x768 pixels.

Hi,

maybe there's something wrong with the CD. Just to be usre: The current GParted LiveCD image is named "gparted-live-0.4.1-2.iso", and it is (according to the download site) 100.026.368 bytes long.
The CD you've burnt is bootable, which means that you took the right steps when burning the image, and Nero worked well.
However, this persistent being unable to start the X server (which is the piece of software required to run graphical programs) could mean that the CD you've burnt is bad anyway - if your CD recorder can't handle the CD-R you used very well, it can occur that a CD looks good at first, but is not completely readable soon afterwards. In this case, you can do the following to circumvent this problem:
- use a different type or brand of CD-R media;
- burn at a lower speed (burning at high speeds usually results in more errors on the media - which is not a problem as long you don't have too many, since the error correction methods built into the CD drive can compensate them. However, if you have too many errors, error correction fails, and you get data errors on the disc);
- try CD-RW instead of CD-R media;
- upgrade you CD recorder's firmware; this will usually "teach" the recorder how to handle newer CD-R(W) media and eventually fix problems (Be very careful with this option - you must be 100% sure to use the right firmware, which can only be obtained from the CD recorder's manufacturer, since the wrong firmware will render the drive dead. In addition to this, the drive will be permanently damaged if any error occurs during the update process).

Sometimes a different Live CD will work properly.  GParted is also included on the System Rescue CD.

Hi!

Windows usually assigns a drive letter only to the first partition it finds on a removable media, and most Linux distribuatins as well mount only the first partition by default. You can work around the problem on both systems - but to explain how, we need to know if you're using Windows or Linux to fill the card.

Hello Zam478,
yes, I'm still checking it ! You only can do the downloads with Windows; all other stuff of your instructions requires a working Linux distro. I just checked, whether "GpartedLiveCD" is appropriate : nope ! "gzip" does not cope with "bz2"-packed files. But I found an alternative here. Download the ISO-file and burn a CD as you did with "Gparted". Copy all downloaded files on a USB key, boot "PartedMagic" from CD with the key and the SD card already plugged in (they get instantly mounted). Click on the Desktop icon, representing your key and your SD card ... and do nothing there! Start a terminal window ($-sign icon below), type "mc" (without quotation marks) at the prompt and change to "/media/sd.../<folder, where you put the downloads>" ("sd..." stands for the Linux volume name, e.g. "sda1"). Type "bzip2 -df new_image.ext2.bz2" (it gets written below in a line within the file manager and confirm), ...  be patient , the unpacked "ext2"- image has more than 100 MB. With the file manger you can easily copy from the USB key to your SD card, if you have both folders visible, eg. left side source (USB), right side target (SD). You change from left to right with TAB-key and you copy with F5 on the source side.

Hope, this helps
cmdr

By USB Key I assume you mean a USB Flash Drive?

Hello Zam478,
yes, "key" is the French term for "USB Flash Drive" or "USB Stick", because you can put it easily to your key ring.
You might also use an external (USB or eSATA) harddisk or another (Photo-) Flash card. The "ext2" - image needs  - as I mentioned above - more than 100 MB unpacked, i.e. a 128 MB stick/card might be too small.

Regards
cmdr

Ok, I'm sorry, but I'm confused. I type in MC in the terminal and this blue screen comes up in that window with a bunch of folders. Now what do I do? I tried double clicking the Media folder and then going into SDB3 (the .ext2 partition on my SD card) and now what? There are also 4 SDA(1,2,et) folders that look like they're for the usb key, but the usb key is in one folder (CD something, sorry, I forgot). PLEASE HELP!!!

Darn. I figured everything out except one thing. When I extract it, it says the .EXT2 file is corrupt. And also, it's not a SATA hard drive, I think it's an IDE (it uses the same ribbon cable as my CD ROM so that's what I figure it is.)

Ok, thanks, so yes, my HDD would be an IDE. I'll try redownloading it. I have to go now, and I won't be back until about 5 PM EST so I won't get a chance to try that until later today.