[ECOS] iPaq 3600 - restore WinCE ?

[Colin McPhail]

No, all I have is Parrot plus the 4 files on a PC.  Thanks for the 
suggestion ... I'll ask at the good people at handhelds.

Thanks,
-- CMcP
> >
> > In the course of investigating the redboot_WinCE version of redboot for 
>iPaq
> > 3600 I seem to have rendered my iPaq somewhat unusable - a normal reboot 
>or
> > cold start stops at Compaq's splash screen. The parrot loader still 
>works,
> > and I have (on my PC) the contents of flash in four 4MB files that I 
>saved
> > using OSloader before starting with redboot. Can anyone (please!) point 
>me
> > to some instructions on how to use the parrot and these files to restore
> > WinCE?  The only instructions I can find seem to assume that I have 
>already
> > installed Linux, or at least its boot loader.
> >
> > (I know, I should have found out what to do *before* getting into this
> > situation .....).
> >
>
>Do you have RedBoot working from ROM?  If so, and you can load and
>run a RAM version, I could provide you with a raw 16MB dump obtained
>from my machine.  I have successfully restored my iPAQ to a "factory"
>condition using this file.  Contact me directly if you want to try this.
>
>Alternatively, you could ask the folks that probably know.  Look for
>help at http://www.handhelds.org/
>
>Note: the way I found to save your iPAQ is to get into the Parrot
>loader *before* loading anything else.  Then install a CF RAM card
>and it will let you dump the contents of ROM/FLASH to it.  Later
>on, you can use this to restore the original contents.
>
>--
>Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com>
>MLB Associates
>

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