New Zire Handheld 2 MB Version and Syncing/Backup

David J Patrick davidjpatrick-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org
Sun Mar 7 16:26:07 UTC 2004


Mel Seder wrote:

>My Zire (Palm Pilot) Syncs with the Windows software the unit came
>with.
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>However my OS of choice is Red Hat's Fedora Core 1.
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>Is it wise or for that matter even possible to sync using Windows and
>then immediately after sync using Linux?
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>Jpilot was installed by by distro and it has an Install button under
>the file menu.  I suppose I connect my Zire,  turn it on and it will be
>off to the races.  Is there anything else I should watch out for or do?
>  
>
look in "prefs/ settings" and confirm that the port information is correct.
jpilot defaults to /dev/pilot, so it's a good idea to create a symlink 
/dev/pilot that points to your actual port.
You may have to change the permission settings of the 
/dev/whatever-your-port-is.

and sync !
djp

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