Balloon Distribution - Pre-release 24/4/2003.

News:
24/11/2002. Updated to kernel 2.4.19-rmk4-tcl2. Patch now available. Yaffs root fs HOWTO added. Bootldr updated.

5/12/2002. Bootldr, kernel and sample root partitions updated.

24/4/2003 New Bootldr added. Yaffs support and early usb support.

Prototype Balloon boards are now being tested. There is anticipated to be a small modification to the board to reduce the deep-sleep current but no other major alterations are expected.

The hardware is an OpenSource project. All details will be made public.

The bootloader and arm-linux software is based on the Handhelds/Familiar distribution for iPaq PDAs. Source will be published shortly.

For details about the YAFFS filesystem see the yaffs website.

Download Derived from Source Binary
Hardware schematics Original Windows zip file  
Bootloader Bootldr handhelds.org bootldr source 2-19-51 bootldr bootldr.gz
Kernel 2.4.19-rmk4-tcl2 patch-2.4.19-rmk4-tcl2 zImage
Root (yaffs gz image) Familiar 0.6 distribution from familar.handhelds.org Familiar sources plus
cpufreq mingetty
root1 (ssh ppp usb network)
root 2 (root1 plus nfs thttpd php3)
mkyaffsimage yaffs   mkyaffsimage i386 linux
yaffs-rootfs   HOWTO Makefile [linux]/fs/yaffs directory
New Bootloader (24/4/2003) Bootldr handhelds.org bootldr source 2-19-73 bootldr bootldr.gz