Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 11:26:02 -0500 (CDT) From: John Utz <john@utzweb.net> To: Alexey Zelkin <phantom@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Randall Hopper <aa8vb@nc.rr.com>, <small@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Booting from Flash Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0109191122570.5220-100000@jupiter.linuxengine.net> In-Reply-To: <20010919144637.A45222@ark.cris.net>
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randall, where you talking about a legacy free iPaq desktop machine or the iPaq handheld? if u where talking about the handheld, then you are utterly hosed. as Alexey alludes to here, that's a *strongarm* not an x86! u'd have just as much luck trying to install on an imac, maybe better even :-) i had assummed that you where referring to one of those little desktop things. On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Alexey Zelkin wrote: > hi, > > I think problem is quite bigger. IPAQ is Strong-ARM, not ix86 based computer. > But FreeBSD does not support ARM based machines for now :( Such project is > going on, but it's at early stage now. > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 04:23:10PM -0400, Randall Hopper wrote: > > Alexey Zelkin: > > |> What is the best way to get FreeBSD up and running on this box? > > |> Is there a simple way to put a basic loader on the flash and then load > > |> everything (kernel, MFS root, etc.) via the ethernet? > > | > > |Use PicoBSD. > > > > AFAICT, the problem with using PicoBSD is that it is based on 3.x which > > doesn't support the Kawasaki USB ethernet card in the IPaq. So I think I > > need to look at 4.x. > > > > Randall > > > > -- > > Randall Hopper > > aa8vb@nc.rr.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message > -- John L. Utz III john@utzweb.net Idiocy is the Impulse Function in the Convolution of Life To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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