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From: Shakthi Kannan <shakthimaan@...>
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Subject: FreeRunner Quick Start User Guide
Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 9:03 am

Hi,


I have prepared docbook format documentation for

http://quickstart.openmoko.org/. The .xml and generated .html is

available from:


  svn checkout svn://svn.projects.openmoko.org/svnroot/qsug


Please review it, and let me know of any changes. Will need to add

pictures, and fill-in the remaining text.


Thanks!


SK


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From: Michael Shiloh <michael@...>
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Subject: Re: FreeRunner Quick Start User Guide
Date: Friday, June 27, 2008 - 2:13 am

Hey! This is great. Thanks.


I'll check this out.


Note that the quickstart guide is due for a serious update.


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From: Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns@...>
To: List for Openmoko community discussion <community@...>, Shakthi Kannan <shakthimaan@...>
Subject: Re: FreeRunner Quick Start User Guide
Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 10:29 am

Great!


One comment on Chapter 7:

"Currently, the utility dfu_util is only provided for Linux. Support

for dfu_util under Windows and Macintosh will be provided at a later

date."


That is not accurate (at least for OSX). See: http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/MacOS_X

There is also an Openmoko Flasher tool for the Macintosh since August

2007.


BR,

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From: Shakthi Kannan <shakthimaan@...>
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Subject: Re: FreeRunner Quick Start User Guide
Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 11:19 am

Hi!


--- On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 7:59 PM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller

<hns@computer.org> wrote:

| One comment on Chapter 7:

| "Currently, the utility dfu_util is only provided for Linux. Support for

| dfu_util under Windows and Macintosh will be provided at a later date."

|

| That is not accurate (at least for OSX). See:

| http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/MacOS_X

| There is also an Openmoko Flasher tool for the Macintosh since August 2007.

\--


Thanks! Updated the documentation.


The wiki documentation is comprehensive, and I feel just pointers to

links and necessary documentation to get people started should be kept

in this Quick Start User Guide. The User Manual can contain the

complete documentation available in the wiki.


Just my thoughts,


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From: BrendaWang <brenda_wang@...>
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Subject: Re: FreeRunner Quick Start User Guide
Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - 10:58 pm

Here is the getting start guide from wiki.


http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Getting_Started_with_your_Neo_FreeRunner


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From: Shakthi Kannan <shakthimaan@...>
To: <brenda_wang@...>, List for Openmoko community discussion <community@...>
Subject: Re: FreeRunner Quick Start User Guide
Date: Thursday, June 26, 2008 - 8:54 am

Hi!


--- On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 8:28 AM, BrendaWang

<brenda_wang@openmoko.com> wrote:

| http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Getting_Started_with_your_Neo_FreeRunner

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Thanks!


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From: Brenda Wang <brenda_wang@...>
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Subject: Re: FreeRunner Quick Start User Guide
Date: Friday, June 27, 2008 - 5:33 am

Hi guys :

I would like to remind everyone,

This page is Official One.


http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Getting_Started_with_your_Neo_FreeRunner


Brenda


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From: Shakthi Kannan <shakthimaan@...>
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Subject: Re: FreeRunner Quick Start User Guide
Date: Saturday, August 9, 2008 - 3:40 am

Hi all!


--- On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 3:03 PM, Brenda Wang

<brenda_wang@openmoko.com> wrote:

| This page is Official One.

|

| http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Getting_Started_with_your_Neo_FreeRunner

\--


I am trying to sync up with the updates in the above. It is now

available in .txt, .ps, .pdf, .rtf, and .html formats.

http://projects.openmoko.org/frs/download.php/293/qsug-august-5-2008.tar.gz


Feedback welcome.


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From: Flemming Richter Mikkelsen <quatrox@...>
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Subject: Re: FreeRunner Quick Start User Guide
Date: Thursday, June 26, 2008 - 8:47 am

It looks very nice!

Great job:)


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From: Brian C <brianwc@...>
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Subject: Re: FreeRunner Quick Start User Guide
Date: Thursday, June 26, 2008 - 11:51 am

In the Flashing the Freerunner section it says, "You can use the USB

cable and Openmoko provided tool to flash Neo FreeRunner."


I'm curious about the use of the word "can".  Is it possible to flash

the Freerunner from the device itself, without using the USB cable

connected to another GNU/Linux host?


I suspect it's not, and that this section could clarify this by saying,


"To flash the Freerunner you must connect it via a USB cable to a host

that can run the Openmoko-provided flashing tool."


(And then I think it might also be true that the flashing tool is

currently only available for GNU/Linux.  Is that right?)


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From: Al Johnson <openmoko@...>
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Subject: Re: FreeRunner Quick Start User Guide
Date: Thursday, June 26, 2008 - 12:27 pm

The bootloader implements an open standard for Device Firmware Upgrade. The

supplied dfu-util implements the host end of the standard on linux, but in

principle any compliant host end could be used. There is a version available

for the Mac too.

http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/USB_DFU

http://www.dsitri.de/wiki.php?page=OpenMoko%20Flasher


You can also flash the freerunner using the debug board. If you want to flash

the uBoot in NOR this is the only way to do it.


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From: Neng-Yu Tu (Tony Tu) <tony@...>
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Subject: Re: FreeRunner Quick Start User Guide
Date: Thursday, June 26, 2008 - 12:11 pm

Yes, even under all NAND flash is empty/content distroyed. You could

still using boot from NOR function (a backup u-boot in NOR flash), and

using boot from SD card function into full system, then re-flashing NAND.


NOR also have 2 MB space, you might could port any thing into 2 MB space

and try another flashing way (bt/wi-fi/etc), if you got debug board. But

we never tried.


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From: arne anka <openmoko@...>
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Subject: Re: FreeRunner Quick Start User Guide
Date: Thursday, June 26, 2008 - 12:16 pm

you mean, one can flash the om from an sd card, too?

or after booting up from sd card as described above one still needs to

connect to a computer?


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From: Neng-Yu Tu (Tony Tu) <tony@...>
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Subject: Re: FreeRunner Quick Start User Guide
Date: Thursday, June 26, 2008 - 1:15 pm

Yes, direct flash from SD card without USB.


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From: arne anka <openmoko@...>
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Subject: Re: FreeRunner Quick Start User Guide
Date: Thursday, June 26, 2008 - 1:20 pm

that's pretty nice -- though i cannot imagine how one would corrupt one's

om into the need of reflashing while on the road :-)


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From: enaut <enaut.w@...>
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Subject: Re: FreeRunner Quick Start User Guide
Date: Thursday, June 26, 2008 - 12:07 pm

But I'm sure you can flash the neo with the debugboard too... for example.


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From: arne anka <openmoko@...>
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Subject: Re: FreeRunner Quick Start User Guide
Date: Thursday, June 26, 2008 - 12:11 pm

and somebody pointed out, the tool ist available for macos as well.


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