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Submitted by Farcaller on 10 March, 2006 - 08:37. Palm T|T3

So, you want to play with linux?

First, you need the latest garux.prc version (http://hackndev.com/node/159). Check, if the file is downloaded correctly (verify MD5 checksum).

Next, you need webserver. Wilson Bradley suggests:
Get and Install a web server such as Apache or an easy one like AnalogX SimpleServer
http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/sswww.htm

If you're using WindowsXP you need this inf file for usb-gadget driver. If you have another version of Windows, you need more files, please check documentation at Documentation/usb of linux sources.

If you're using linux you need
Device Drivers ---> USB support ---> USB Network Adapters ---> "Multi-purpose USB Networking Framework" enabled, "Simple USB Network Links (CDC Ethernet subset)" enabled and "Embedded ARM Linux links (iPaq, ...)" enabled too in your kernel.

Grab rootfs from sf.net page
Also download latest kernel modules.

in the root folder of your webserver you should create a file called modlist.txt. This file should contain modules list, one file name on one line. You can use only file names, i.e. modules should be also at your webserver's root.
Here's example modlist.txt:
rootfs-t3.tar.gz
modules.squashfs
All three files should be accessible this way: http://192.168.0.1/modlist.txt or http://10.0.7.1/modlist.txt.

Hotsync garux.prc to Palm or use any other available method to install it. Windows will find a new device, use linux.inf as a driver. Configure new network interface as 192.168.0.1, netmask 255.255.255.0, gateway 192.168.0.1, ingore dns. Linux uses should execute:
# ifconfig usb0 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0
# route add -net 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 dev usb0
 (you need to execute ifconfig every time you re-plug your palm, route settings are preserved until you reboot your host pc).
You can also use 10.0.7.1/24 for host and 10.0.7.231/24 for Palm if you have some kind of LAN on 192.168.0.0/24 subnet.

Reconfigure webserver as soon as Windows will find new network adapter.

If you have any questions, ask them here.

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