Installing Programs with linux

[Trick]

Ok, so I'm using linux and don't have the faintest idea how to get my clie syncing with it and i also can't get the memstick to be mounted. I have visited many sites to get some help with mounting it but it has been a no go. I have an NX70V and am using RedHat8. I have tried mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/clie but it always says that sda1 is an unknown block. So that is the first problem. Next is... how can i install programs to my clie with linux? Is there a program like the windows sync that will let me open the .prc files then sync and it's installed or is there another way to do it? Any help is appreciated, it sucks rebooting to a new partition every time i want to add a file to my MS or install an app to my clie. Thank you


Patrick

[intrepidsilence]

Trick, there are two programs you will want to become familiar with for syncing your Clie with linux. They are:

pilot-link (http://www.pilot-link.org)
jpilot (http://www.jpilot.org)

As for mounting the memory stick in linux that is a bit more complex and will require you to have kernel recompiling abilities. Go HERE (http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~milnber/cliehowto.html)

[zipslack]

Mounting the stick isn't necessarily a problem as long as you have USB support in your kernel.

I have a line in /etc/fstab like this:

/dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1 vfat defaults,user 0 0

Start up MsImport on the Clie, then

mount /mnt/sda1

You should be able to move stuff back and forth then (adjust the mount points as necessary). You may need the usbvisor module loaded (not sure if it's required for MS access - definitely for syncing).

when done, umount /mnt/sda1 and then exit MsImport.

[intrepidsilence]

zipslack, what I told Trick is true. I have not seen a stock kernel that had the patches necessary to be able to talk with MSImport yet. He will have to patch the kernel module and recompile it.

[zipslack]

Really? PeanutLinux 9.x does just fine "out-of-the-box". Also Morphix and Knoppix...I don't use the "big" distros. Most newer distros "SHOULD" have usbstorage and SCSI support "out-of-the-box". Which distros are you guys using?

[oldpdaguy]

I had no success until now with MSImport under linux with various kernels, patched and unpatched (syncing with pilot-link has always worked).

I'm happy (overjoyed!) to report the 2.4.20-8 smp kernel stock with RedHat 9.0 fully supports MSImport with my N760! I'm unsure what's been changed from earlier kernels (driver, contents of unusual_devices.h, ?).

The only unusual behvaior I've noticed is when transferring large (80-100 MBytes) of mp3's enmasse to the memory stick, the transfer will proceed rapidly, then appear to stall and lock the system for a few seconds before proceeding. The PC dates from 1999-2000 and only has USB 1.0 support, so that may be the cause.

[intrepidsilence]

Wow, thats great to hear. It's about time they fixed that problem...

[cyclone]

Just a reminder, no one has yet reported success mounting an OS-5 Clie MS on Linux. If you've done so, please report here!

[oldpdaguy]

I'll be happy to test an OS 5 NX or NR or TG if someone wants to send me one! :D