New Zire Handheld 2 MB Version and Syncing/Backup

[Mel Seder]

--- David J Patrick <davidjpatrick-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Mel Seder wrote:
> 
> >My Zire (Palm Pilot) Syncs with the Windows software the unit came
> >with.
> >
> >However my OS of choice is Red Hat's Fedora Core 1.
> >
> >Is it wise or for that matter even possible to sync using Windows
> and
> >then immediately after sync using Linux?
> >
> >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

I'm not having much success :-(
There is no install button on jpilot's main screen anymore.  Maybe it
disappeared when I told it to install to /mnt/data/mel/jpilot.
/mnt/data/mel/jpilot exists but nothing is in it.

allthough in the directory ls -al shows the following
[mel-lwfWIikfpTg at public.gmane.org jpilot]$ ls -al
total 16
drwxrwxr-x    2 root     vfatusers     8192 Mar  8 09:48 .
drwxrwxr-x    7 root     vfatusers     8192 Mar  8 09:48 ..

J-Pilot Preferences shows the label of;
Serial Port (/dev/ttyS0,/dev/pilot) ; is that s oh or s zero

The contents in the box shows;
/dev/pilot

my symbolic link attempt shows;
[mel-lwfWIikfpTg at public.gmane.org mel]$ ln -s /dev/pilot /dev/ttys0 ; lowercase s
ln: `/dev/ttys0': File exists
[mel-lwfWIikfpTg at public.gmane.org mel]$ cd /dev/
[mel-lwfWIikfpTg at public.gmane.org dev]$ ls pilot
ls: pilot: No such file or directory
[mel-lwfWIikfpTg at public.gmane.org dev]$ ln -s /dev/pilot /dev/ttyS0 ; uppercase S
ln: `/dev/ttyS0': File exists
[mel-lwfWIikfpTg at public.gmane.org dev]$ ls pilot
ls: pilot: No such file or directory

I typed the ; lowercase s ;uppercase S myself

The little history box shows the following;
************************
Syncing on device /dev/pilot
Press the HotSync button now
*************************
pi_bind invalid argument
check your serial port and settings
Exiting with status SYNC_ERROR_BIND
Finished
J-Pilot: sync PID = 31389
J-Pilot: press the hotsync button on the cradle or "kill 31389"
J-Pilot: sync PID = 31389
J-Pilot: press the hotsync button on the cradle or "kill 31389"
J-Pilot: sync PID = 31389
J-Pilot: press the hotsync button on the cradle or "kill 31389"
J-Pilot: sync PID = 31389
J-Pilot: press the hotsync button on the cradle or "kill 31389"
J-Pilot: sync PID = 31389
; this repeats a few more times

I dont have a cradle I have a zire USB connection.  does that change
how I should be install Jpilot?

Oh Oh,  I didn't install as root either :-(  does it matter with
Jpilot?








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