Comments on: Linux on a Palm – GPE quick review

By: Kaptain Korolev

Kaptain Korolev — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 18:56:49 +0000

I stand corrected, I read the dev. guide. Rather interesting stuff.

By: Kaptain Korolev

Kaptain Korolev — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 17:51:31 +0000

Fair enough, I plead my ignorance…

Can you explain to me how the bootloader works? I thought it was a .prc file which is executed under PalmOS. This presumably then loads the ROM image off an SD card. At what stage is the Palm OS completely unloaded from memory. Maybe I was wrong in saying that Linux is sitting on top of the Palm OS but it is at the very least sitting alongside it.

I agree about flashing the ROM though.

By: javispedro

javispedro — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 17:27:04 +0000

False, Linux is NOT running on top of the Palm OS, but replacing the Palm OS.

Flashing the ROM is dangerous, so It is just not done.

By: Kaptain Korolev

Kaptain Korolev — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 17:18:01 +0000

The previous poster raised a valuable point….

This is Linux running ON TOP OF Palm OS, not Linux sitting natively on the Palm Hardware.

While this project is interesting, it will only capture my attention fully when I can flash my device with a new Linux ROM image getting rid of the Palm OS altogether. That is a tougher proposition.

By: lk

lk — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 16:59:35 +0000

It’s nice. Let’s hope Linux over PalmOS will have clear advantages over native PalmOS.