Ubuntu on IPAQ hx4700

I recently set out to get a pair of hx4700 ipaqs running linux. A google search away we can find this link. But the angstrom distribution is a bit dated, also I already tried these instructions earlier and the boot loader specific parts of the how-to fail. I will eventually try to construct a NBH file for maybe android one day, but for now I resigned myself to play with HaRET, I found out that the newer builds of HaRET do not boot correctly on the hx4700. I think I am using version 0.1.3 that I had laying around, it works pretty well.

Building a new kernel was made easy with openembedded, and rootstock made short work of the file system. Something that could have been complicated turned out pretty simple. Pics or it didn't happen? okey here ya' go.




For at least tonight all I will be able to do is look, tomorrow maybe I can get the touch screen and mouse pad working.

Update - I logged most of my experience with this at XDAforum.  Where there are instructions and a download.  The mouse pad is working but the touch screen needs some TLC.  Maybe tomorrow...