This chapter describes how to install ARMLinux on your Psion 5 or Geofox One.
Introduction: Background
The Linux7k project is an effort to port the widely used Linux kernel to the Psion Series 5 and later pocket computers.
So far the team has ported the Linux 2.2.1 Kernel to the Series 5 and Geofox One and created Arlo and several initial RAMdisks (initrd) for the project. Work then stalled for a while as Psion were slow to release hardware information for later machines, but is now progressing again with the 2.4.1 kernel now booting on a Series 5mx.
Psion Series 5 Specifications
- Memory
4 or 8MBs.
- Processor
CL-PS7110 ARM Processor 18 MHz.
- Display Resolution
640x240 (Half-VGA).
- Display Type
Monochrome Touch-Screen (16 shades).
- Removable Media Type
Compact Flash™ (CF) Disks.
- Default OS
EPOC32 1.00 or 1.01.
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