Re: [NTLK] Noobie to the newton...

From: Dan <dan_at_dbdigitalweb.com>
Date: Sun Mar 11 2007 - 16:53:24 EDT

On 3/11/2007 4:42 PM, Scott Welch wrote:
> Would i be able to put the flash card in a windows based laptop to load the
> 802.11 drivers on the card, then on the newton? I think i would be able to
> do that, then i could intall packages and sync with the wireless card,
> right?
>
Nope this will not work. The newton writes in a unique format that
nothing else can read or write to. Read below for suggestions about
avoiding the bootstraping issue:

http://tools.unna.org/wikiwikinewt/index.php/BootStrapping

-Dan

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