1) Download

To boot the experimental GPE image from SD card on a magician, you'll need the following files:

   * the experimental GPE image itself:

     http://linuxtogo.org/~ph5/magician/Angstrom-gpe-image-test-20070111-magician.rootfs.tar.bz2

   * the linux kernel:

     http://linuxtogo.org/~ph5/magician/zImage-2.6.19-hh8+cvs20070111-magician-20070111150939

   * HaRET:

     The newest version of HaRET is available at http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/HaRET, currently:
     http://www.handhelds.org/~koconnor/haret/haret-0.5.0.exe

   * A default.txt that tells HaRET how to boot the kernel:

     http://linuxtogo.org/~ph5/magician/default.txt

2) Prepare

The SD card needs to be partitioned into two partitions: one small FAT partition that WinCE can see, and one EXT2 partition used as root file system. I'll assume that the block device of the SD card is called /dev/sda. Replace this with the correct device on your system.

   * Create partitions, for example a 10MB /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda2 using the rest:

     fdisk /dev/sda
     n
     p
     <default>
     1
     +10M
     n
     p
     2
     <default>
     <default>
     w

   * Create file systems, a VFAT on /dev/sda1 and EXT2 on /dev/sda2:

     mkdosfs /dev/sda1
     mke2fs /dev/sda2

   * Copy HaRET, the kernel and default.txt onto sda1:

     mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
     cp zImage-2.6.19-hh8+cvs20070111-magician-20070111150939 /mnt/zImage
     cp gnuharet-200609162320.exe /mnt/haret.exe
     cp default.txt /mnt/default.txt
     umount /dev/sda1

   * Unpack the GPE image onto sda2:

     mount /dev/sda2 /mnt
     bzcat Angstrom-gpe-image-test-20070111-magician.rootfs.tar.bz2 | (cd /mnt; tar x)
     umount /mnt

3) Boot

Put the SD card into the magician, start haret.exe and tap the "Run" button...

4) Communicate

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IRC: #htc-linux on chat.freenode.org
Wiki: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=MagicianResearch