Does the 120 have the same trick as the 2k series - holding the stylus
slightly in from the left edge of the screen after a restart ? If so, then
you could mount the card without activating the packages. I don't remember
if this works on the 1x0 series. Anyone ??
Paul Nuernberger
> From: "Darl Singh" <darl_at_xpress.net.nz>
> Reply-To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
> Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 18:49:26 +1200
> To: <newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net>
> Cc: <jacobson98_at_earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] MP120 Question
>
> Eject the card, then soft-restart the newt (button under the battery cover).
> Open the 'prefs' slip, then insert the card (and lock it :-)
> You'll get an option slip with 'do you want to erase this card' on it - hit
> yes, then ok (or similar) and try again.
>
> AFAIK thats the only option unless you have a NOS 2.1 device to try it
> in.....
>
> -D
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Samuel Jacobson" <>
> To: <newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net>
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 5:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] MP120 Question
>
>
>>
>>
>>
>> Well, locking the card into place did the trick as the MP120 now reads
>> and rights to the card. Possibly on another note you may be correct,
>> Laurent, as the card itself may be bad as I ran into a serious secondary
>> problem. I installed PIMple onto the Flash card I was going to use on the
>> MP120. All was going fine until, suddenly, I could not open the extras
>> drawer. As a result I did a soft reset, yet when the unit came back online
>> it now hangs when trying to activate the PIMple package. I have tried
>> everything to get around this (soft- and hard resets, trying to get the
>> internal stores frozen, etc.) yet I cannot seem to get the PCMCIA card to
>> either freeze or erase the packages since it always hangs in the wake up!
>>
>> If anyone can help, please?!
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Sam
>> _________________________________________________________________
>>
>> Always remember, "Ad astra per aspera"...
>>
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