OT: LifeDrive

[Ben Steeves]

On 9/2/05, Robert Bell <robert at thebellfamily.com> wrote:
> 
> Has anyone tried the new Palm LifeDrive with linux?
> 
> I'm curious if
> a) it syncs


I haven't had any luck with that so far... pilot-link crashes. I haven't put 
much effort into fixing it yet.

b)bluetooth works


I can receive files sent from the Palm, and do network sharing (although 
that's not very useful since I use WiFi most of the time, but it was useful 
with my T3). I have a very brief HOWTO on getting network sharing working 
with Bluetooth on my site (see my sig).

 c)file transfer works


Depends what you mean by file transfer. If you mean using the LifeDrive like 
an external hard drive, then yes. Just connect it, put the LD into drive 
mode, and it should be automatically mounted as /media/LIFEDRIVE. If it 
doesn't mount automatically, check the output of /var/log/messages when you 
enter drive mode, that should give you some hints.

d) installing palm apps works


Again, that depends. Some apps need to be installed as part of HotSync in 
order to hook into the OS. Those won't work unless you can get pilot-link 
working. Otherwise, you can just copy the apps to the LD in drive mode and 
then move them into main memory on the LD, or run them from the LD. 

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