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Compaq Evo T30
Introduction
The Compaq Evo T30 is a thin client. One day, while shopping at Weird Stuff, I happened to pick up several of these for a great price. About half didn't boot, but I think this is because they don't have a plugin memory card. My goal is to install Linux on them.
The ones I have don't appear to be a standard version:
- Model No.: T30
- Part No.: 238622-001
- Spare No.: 292238-001
- Date Manufactured: November 2002
- Licenced for Windows CE.NET v4.0
From powering up into the OS:
- RAM: 64MB
- Flash Memory, Device 1: 32MB
From cracking the case:
- National Geode CS5530A-UCE (AMD now makes this chip)
This suggests the model I have is similar to the 238617-xxx (DK408A)
linux
Power Up Sequence
Using a 12V power supply, 500mA is drawn after applying power. The LED is orange and will flash once before turning off. After a short period, the LED turns off and current draw drops to 300mA. Pressing the button for about 3 seconds will make the LED green and will return the current draw to 500mA.
Resources
- Booting Linux from the 44-pin IDE connector on versions with 4MBit of flash (not the kind I have): http://www.bastianello.it/en_evo_t30.php
- Booting DSL on WinNT-based T20s (not the kind I have): http://mowson.org/karl/evo_t20/
- Booting Linux on WinCE.NET-based T20s (close to what I have): http://thunderlord.net.pl/evo/
Actual Steps
- Using the WinCE.NET T20 instructions I prepared as follows:
- Set up for transfer
- Copy sp27933.exe to /tmp/bootp.bin
/etc/init.d/tftpd stopapt-get install dhcp3-server- Edit
netxfer.shto change all /home/blah to /tmp - Power up the Evo T30 while pressing the 'p' key, getting to the screen shown above.
- sh
netxfer.sh - After the servers started and a few seconds passed, the T30 started printing “error: not a tagged image”. Whatever sp27933.exe is, it isn't a Netboot image…