This chapter covers the only dangerous step in the whole conversion process. By dangerous, I mean that this can really turn your iPAQ into a useless high-tech paperweight! Fortunately, this only happen very seldom, and the risk is close to zero if you follow the instructions carefully.
As a service, Compaq (now HP) Research ensures that it will fix your unit in case it was rendered nonbooting by a failed installation. Of course, this may take a while before you get it back, and this should only be seen as the last resort.
Warning |
As this operation may erase everything on your unit, be sure to have a backup as described in Chapter 2 and md5sum-verified BootBlaster_1.18.exe and bootldr-2.18.01.bin files as described in Chapter 2 and Section 4.1. Remember, THIS OPERATION IS PERFORMED AT YOUR OWN RISKS. |