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Re: [PLUG] New maps for TomTom One 2nd using Linux?
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I used to be a fan of TomTom when I bought my first add-on GPS, a
TomTom One. It was inexpensive, fast and accurate. But its maps
could not be updated except by buying an entire new map, for almost
the cost of a new unit. For my third* add-on, I bought a TomTom One
140s. But neither TomTom is Linux friendly for the user, even if they
run Linux internally.
After my experience last weekend, I don't plan to buy a TomTom ever
again. After a software and map update, the 140s refused to boot.
The solution turned out to be to delete everything on it except the
maps, treating it as a USB drive, and then reload the operating
software - looks like it is a common problem and the solution was on
TomTom's support page. It ruined my weekend.
I was not able to get the TomTom software running on Linux with wine,
even after locating and providing it with some DLLs it needed.
Regards
-- Bhaskar
* For my second add-on GPS, I first bought a Garmin 265 WT (Costco
special) and was annoyed with the fact that there was no way to show
the compass direction I was traveling in. So I returned it.
On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 11:11 PM, JP Vossen <jp@jpsdomain.org> wrote:
> My wife would like me to update the map on her TomTom One (I think it's
> a second edition unit). Since it has an SD slot I'd been assuming I
> could just buy an SD card with the new map and stick it in, but it seems
> it's not that easy. (And why isn't it? Morons.)
[KSB] <...snip...>
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