重拾 Zaurus

之前買了一台 Zaurus SL-C1000，沒玩幾次就收起來了, 在家放了一年多 。上禮拜在 pil 看到有人想買二手的 Zaurus，本來東西都整理好準備要賣了，但後來覺得自己都還沒玩熟，如果就這麼賣掉實在是蠻可惜的，於是就就留下來了。

為了重新研究，又買了一條 USB HOST 線與一張 minisd 卡 (含轉卡)。結果發現 C1000 不支援 1G 以上的 SD 卡，在惡搞的過程中遇到還原失敗導致開機會卡在開機畫面，只好重刷 FLASH。

剛好有一個重新的開始。重刷 FLASH 的步驟如下：

1. 移除 AC 與電池，等待 5 秒。
2. 下載 TRIsoft 提供的英文版 NAND-backup。
3. 解開壓縮檔，置於 SD/CF 的根目錄 (檔案系統需為 FAT 而不是 FAT32)。
4. 按住 D、M 鍵不放，然後插上 AC 電源。如此可進入 Diagnostic Menu。
   
5. 切到第 3 頁，選 BACKUP RESTORE MENU/NAND FLASH RESTORE。
6. 重新開機後安裝 Mobile01 網友提供的超新手專用中文包 (裝好後須重新開機)。

按 [Fn] + [Shife] + [C] 鍵可擷取畫面 (預設存於記憶卡的 Screen_Files 目錄)，文章開頭的圖即是還原後的基本中文操作環境。

Using Firefox extensions to check what is remote site running

When I visited an interisting web site, I'd like to know
what was that site running.

I used http://www.netcraft.com/ to get the information before.
It is not convenient if you just want to know what the webserver or OS is.

Now, you can use the extensions of Firefox below to get the information:

Header Monitor & Live HTTP Headers:
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/575/
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/3829/

After installing these extensions, you can get the information from
Firefox statusbar.

how to change the MAC address of RTL8139

i bought a second hand mini-itx motherboard.
while installing linux, i found the mac address was ff:ff:ff:ff:ff.

although i can use the command below to change the mac address after
installing linux, but it isn't convenient to me.
(for example, i can't upgrade packages while installing linux)

ifconfig eth0 hw ether 00:11:22:33:44:55

there is a program named Pg8139.exe, people who use 8139 A/B/C chipset
can use it to change the mac address stored in EEPROM of NIC.

you can download from:
http://www.orbitalnet.com.ar/red/RTL8139/PG/

backup & restore HPA of x31

backup:
FWBACKUP size=640 file=D:\IMAGE

restore:
FWRESTOR file=x:\IMAGE

How to restore the system/boot drive letter in Windows

for some reason i have to move windows 2003 server to another disk.
after ghost, i found the system drive letter has been changed.
it makes some programs can't start correctly.

below is useful to help you to change system drive letter in windows:


http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q223188

How to compile kernel in ubuntu

it is a good reference:
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-24853.html


sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-source-2.6 libncurses5-dev kernel-package

cd /usr/src
tar xvjf linux-source*
cd linux-source
cp /boot/config-2.6.10.5-386 .config
sudo make menuconfig

cofigure the heck out of your kernel

sudo make-kpkg --revision-1 --append-to-version=mykerne1 kernel_image kernel_headers

cd ..
sudo dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.10*.deb

Diagnostic tool for HITACHI harddisk

http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm

You can download a bootable cd image.