Sharp Zaurus SL-C3000 Instruction Manual page 154

my Zaurus SL-C3000 and SL-C3100
xbomb 2.1a (xlauncher xbomb)
Alternate Distros/ROMs:
Beside the Qtopia 1.5 based Sharp distro which is often wrongly referred to as Sharp ROM, there
are several other distros available for the various Zaurus models. However, at the moment, the
Sharp distro is the only really stable distro available for the SL-C3000. There is currently work
underway to convert the various ROMs into a distro that runs on the SL-C3000, but realistically, it
will be a while until stable versions of those will be available. OpenZaurus 3.5.4.1 is the only other
Linux distribution that officially supports the SL-C3000.
Support for the SL-C3100 version of those other ROMs already exist even though the SL-C3100 is
newer than the SL-C3000. This is because of the larger flash the SL-C3100 has which allows it to be
flashed with a ROM image similar to all the other Zauri models that run off the internal flash. In
fact, the SL-C3100 is treated like a SL-C1000 with an extra internal MicroDrive and hence support
for the extra MicroDrive is miniscure.
The SL-C3000 is the only model that was designed to run off the internal MicroDrive (harddisk)
instead of flash. Therefore, extreme care should be taken when putting an alternate distro onto the
SL-C3000 since it cannot be easily backed up with a NAND backup like the other models. Only do it
if you know what you are doing and make sure you know how to recover if something goes wrong.
Restoring a SL-C3000 is not as easy as restoring the other models either. Stick to the Sharp distro
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xkobo 1.11 (xlauncher xkobo)
xshogi 1.3 (xlauncher xshogi)
http://www.users.on.net/~hluc/myzaurus/
xdemineur 2.1.1 (xlauncher xdemineur)
xpuyopuyo 0.9.8 (xlauncher xpuyopuyo)
xsokoban 3.3 (xlauncher xsokoban)
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