Hello,
I created a "miniroot" kernel and wrote up some
directions a long time
ago. The email is archived here:
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-hpcarm/2003/01/07
/0001.html
The directions should still work but the files have moved.
They are now
at: http://www.bigjar.c
om/hpcarm/old. I also did a newer version with a
NetBSD 3.0 kernel at: http://www.bigjar.cojm
/hpcarm. In either case the
same instructions apply: copy the files to a dos partition
of a flash
card, then run hpcboot.exe from your Jornada.
Be forewarned. The site where www.bigjar.com is hosted is
severely
bandwidth constrained from 8am to 6pm EDT. So you'll want to
download
these files outside of that window.
Jason M.
On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 15:12 -0400, Brad Spencer wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have wanted to get NetBSD running on my Jornada
720 since almost 6 months
> ago! I was so glad to find you site, since it seemed
so easy. As your email
> address is at NetBSD.org, I assume you are somewhat
official. Anyways, I
> tried to format the CF card from Linux. Is that
wrong? I made the DOS
> partition a FAT16 one. Are they the same thing? And
also, when you said to
> leave the rest for NetBSD, did you mean to format
the rest of the drive in a
> NetBSD filesystem? I'm not sure how long ago your
article was written, but I
> believe a new NetBSD is now out. Would that be fixed
if I installed from the
> network? I currently get up to the .exe bootloader
but cannot boot. I really
> wanted to try NetBSD as an alternative to Linux on
my Jornada 720. Do I have
> to have NetBSD already installed on another computer
to make this work? Are
> there any NetBSD LiveCD's? Thanks a lot!
>
> --
> -Rabbitt
>
>
>
> Its been a long time since I built one of these from
scratch, but I seem
> to remember ....
>
>
> 1) You make two partitions on the CF card. The first
is a normal FAT16
> of, say, 5MB to 10MB or so. You put the NetBSD
MS-WIN CE boot loader
> there and a bootable kernel or
"miniroot".
>
> 2) You create another partition on the CF card with id
169, or you can
> leave it unformated or, if you can, you can put a
Berkeley FFS on it
> with the proper endian with type 169. I did the
last one from another
> system running NetBSD.
>
> 3) You then have to get a boot strap NetBSD system
running. I don't know
> what the official method of doing this is for the
Joranada [anymore].
> There might be a miniroot type concept which is a
single bootable file
> that contains a filesystem that it unpacks itself
into memory to run
> the rest of the system. This method will probably
provide 'sysinst'
> which can be used to put the proper file system on
the rest of the CF
> card and then unpack the rest of the NetBSD system
[probably via a LAN
> connection].
>
> 3b) or.. if you managed to get a BSD FFS on the CF
card external to the
> Jornada, then it is very simple to just unpack the
NetBSD/hpcarm
> system onto the card directly. This is what I did
with a notebook
> computer running NetBSD/i386.
>
>
> I assume you are asking for a LiveCD for a NetBSD/i386
system?? These
> exist, as far as I know. The simple bootable CD that
is used for i386
> installs would probably also work just fine. You would
write a smallish
> .iso file to a CD and then boot the CD. This would put
you into the
> 'sysinst' menu, usually used to install NetBSD, and one
of the options
> there would be to exist to a 'sh'. There should be
enough stuff present
> to set up a CF card for the hpcarm port, assuming that
your hardware is
> supported well by the install disk. You would still
have to get the
> hpcarc files from someplace which might mean
configuring the LAN manually,
> or some such.
>
>
> This probably wasn't helpful.
>
>
>
>
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