Linux Almost Booting! Augen
by Moogle on Oct.30, 2010, under Augen
I am getting closer to booting Linux on my Augen E go :)
Pin out of the undocumented uart port
To enable uart boot mode tie the uart boot pin to ground. you system will seem like it is dead when you hit the power button, the key lights should turn on though. Keep holding the power button while you send your favorite arm boot loader to the system over the uart at 19200 baud.
if all is done right you can attempt to load a zImage :) I used the one for the Didj
go 1800000
## Starting application at 0×01800000 …
Uncompressing Linux…
……………………………………………………
…………………………………………… done, booting the kernel.Err
or: unrecognized/unsupported machine ID (r1 = 0x000004d3).Available machine support:
ID (hex)\0x09NAME
000007ec\0x09ARM-LF1000
Please check your kernel config and/or bootloader.
now to compile the kernel correctly ^_^
My custom uart adapter cable, switch enables uart boot mode
Redness on desk is from dry erase marker, I like to write down random ideas while experimenting
heat shrink tube protects from randoms wires and screws on my desk
crude fast hack job, battery still fits fine







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November 1st, 2010 on 7:42 pm
[...] is a Win CE device but Moogle has done some exploration of the motherboard and discovered that by grounding the enable pin he could load an ARM bootloader and at least partially boot an ARM kernel. This is defineatly [...]
November 2nd, 2010 on 12:03 pm
[...] He found a UART connector on the main board and discovered that if you tie the enable pin to ground you can send an ARM bootloader to the device during boot up. His past experience hacking the Didj and the Explorer helped him [...]