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Can anyone Save My Audrey (and my Saturday)?
Audrey Hangs During Boot - only one (bare) image works and allows it to boot to Audrey shell

New MessageCan anyone Save My Audrey (and my Saturday)? (modified 0 times) Chicago773
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Anyone here on a Saturday night? I bought a supposedly dead Audrey (wouldn't get past 3COM screen) and, after some foolin around, sent a CF to a VERY kind person on this board and they put Jukebox on it. I flashed the Audrey and was able to give it to a semi-computer literate friend in law enforcement (she has no cash and no real need for a full PC - and she thought the Audrey was cute). She was VERY happy with it. So, she moved and it was unplugged for a few weeks. Now it won't boot again. So, I've spent my entire Strday screwing around with it and I refuse to submit (and I' hoping to drop it off tomorrow a her plae at a brunch). So, now down to technical stuff.

I've downloaded some images (see below) and used mkcf.ex to change them to a size (I think) matches my 64MB SanDisk (again, see below). SO, of the images I created, the only ones that it recognizes as valid are B.CF, C.CF, D.CF and X.CF (again, see below). B C and D are all images expanded from the infinityultimate. The ONLY one that gets past the 3COM screen is the X.CF based on 1002074338.cf from AudreyHacking.com. It gives me an IPL warning when I mckf it... is that a good thing or bad thing? The image doesn't seem to be fully-functional either and has VERY few extras (remember, this is going to a chick in law enforcement that wants it to be fun and simple). Can anyone help? Below is a cut and paste from my XP machine where I am mkcf'ing the images. [I then load the images on a 98 machine on my network using Gemulator. I don't have and Linux boxes on my network.]

Directory of G:\

04/10/2002 10:36 PM 16,515,072 jukebox4-0.cf
11/09/2002 12:59 PM 16,515,072 infinityultimate.cf
11/09/2002 12:59 PM 16,515,072 infinityultimate1.1a.cf
09/14/2001 09:56 PM 32,047,104 jayklm.cf
04/21/2002 06:00 PM 16,515,072 jukebox.audrey1-1.cf
10/02/2001 10:00 PM 16,777,216 1002074338.cf
6 File(s) 114,884,608 bytes
0 Dir(s) 16,510,681,088 bytes free

G:\>mkcf infinityultimate.cf a.cf 63217152
Read file of size 16515072.
File checksum is 261b1767.
Creating output file 'a.cf' of size 63217152...done!

G:\>mkcf infinityultimate.cf b.cf 63217664
Read file of size 16515072.
File checksum is 261b1767.
Creating output file 'b.cf' of size 63217664...done!

G:\> mkcf infinityultimate.cf 30670848
Read file of size 16515072.
File checksum is 261b1767.
Creating output file '30670848' of size 32047104...done!

G:\>mkcf infinityultimate.cf c.cf 30670848
Read file of size 16515072.
File checksum is 261b1767.
Creating output file 'c.cf' of size 30670848...done!

G:\>mkcf jayklm.cf d.cf 30670848
File was a weird size: 32047104.

G:\>mkcf jayklm.cf d.cf 30610848
File was a weird size: 32047104.

G:\>dir *.cf
Volume in drive G is VIDEO
Volume Serial Number is 2165-11EE

Directory of G:\

04/10/2002 10:36 PM 16,515,072 jukebox4-0.cf
11/09/2002 12:59 PM 16,515,072 infinityultimate.cf
11/09/2002 12:59 PM 16,515,072 infinityultimate1.1a.cf
09/14/2001 09:56 PM 32,047,104 jayklm.cf
04/21/2002 06:00 PM 16,515,072 jukebox.audrey1-1.cf
10/02/2001 10:00 PM 16,777,216 1002074338.cf
11/09/2002 06:14 PM 63,217,152 a.cf
11/09/2002 06:15 PM 63,217,664 b.cf
11/09/2002 06:46 PM 30,670,848 c.cf
9 File(s) 271,990,272 bytes
0 Dir(s) 16,321,478,656 bytes free

G:\>mkcf jukebox4-0.cf d.cf 30670848
Read file of size 16515072.
File checksum is c6e01def.
Creating output file 'd.cf' of size 30670848...done!

G:\>mkcf jill.cf e.cf 30670848
Read file of size 16515072.
File checksum is 261b1767.
Creating output file 'e.cf' of size 30670848...done!

G:\>dir *.cf
Volume in drive G is VIDEO
Volume Serial Number is 2165-11EE

Directory of G:\

04/10/2002 10:36 PM 16,515,072 jukebox4-0.cf
11/09/2002 12:59 PM 16,515,072 infinityultimate.cf
11/09/2002 12:59 PM 16,515,072 infinityultimate1.1a.cf
09/14/2001 09:56 PM 32,047,104 jayklm.cf
04/21/2002 06:00 PM 16,515,072 jukebox.audrey1-1.cf
10/02/2001 10:00 PM 16,777,216 1002074338.cf
11/09/2002 06:14 PM 63,217,152 a.cf
11/09/2002 06:15 PM 63,217,664 b.cf
11/09/2002 06:46 PM 30,670,848 c.cf
11/09/2002 07:02 PM 30,670,848 d.cf
11/09/2002 07:26 PM 16,515,072 jill.cf
11/09/2002 07:27 PM 30,670,848 e.cf
12 File(s) 349,847,040 bytes
0 Dir(s) 16,243,621,888 bytes free

G:\>mkcf jayklm.cf jay.cf 30670848
File was a weird size: 32047104.

G:\>mkcf 1002074338.cf x.cf 30670848
Read file of size 16777216.
WARNING: This image will overwrite the IPL!
That is OK if your image contains an IPL, but it risks destroying the device per
manently.
Please be careful!
File checksum is 410e4dc8.
Creating output file 'x.cf' of size 30670848...done!

G:\>

11-09-2002 21:16:09

New MessageRE:Can anyone Save My Audrey (and my Saturday)? (modified 0 times) Chicago773
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Here is a quick update. I've now successfully flashed it with the CF image UpdateWithShellPlus and it seems to work (although after unplugging it, it takes several reboots and power-ups to fully boot - maybe that was the problem all along). Anyway, one of the items I was unable to help this person with before is synching her palm pilot. She has the USB synch cable, not the serial port version. Anyone know how to enable the USB version? And what applications can I ADD to ShellPlus (and how do I install new apps in ShellPlus?) Thanks.
11-11-2002 08:00:19

New MessageRE:Can anyone Save My Audrey (and my Saturday)? (modified 0 times) ryno727
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will you please tell me who you sent your card to? i am having problems my self. i put a bad flash on my card so now it gets stuck on the 3 com screen. thanks


ryan

06-05-2003 13:24:43

New MessageRE:Can anyone Save My Audrey (and my Saturday)? (modified 0 times) AudreyUpgrade
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Check out AudreyUpgrade.com.

http://www.AudreyUpgrade.com

06-06-2003 09:46:18

New MessageRE:Can anyone Save My Audrey (and my Saturday)? (modified 0 times) Fran
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I am pretty certain you can not sync a palm via USB on Audrey - it has to use the serial port.
06-07-2003 13:34:25

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