Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 16:59:25 -0400 From: Randall Hopper <aa8vb@nc.rr.com> To: Alexey Zelkin <phantom@FreeBSD.ORG>, John Utz <john@utzweb.net> Cc: small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Booting from Flash Message-ID: <20010919165925.A12571@nc.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <20010919144637.A45222@ark.cris.net>; from phantom@FreeBSD.ORG on Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 02:46:37PM %2B0300 References: <20010919144637.A45222@ark.cris.net> <Pine.LNX.4.33.0109191122570.5220-100000@jupiter.linuxengine.net> <20010916193310.A26261@nc.rr.com> <20010918165759.A87390@phantom.cris.net> <20010918162310.A58036@nc.rr.com> <20010919144637.A45222@ark.cris.net>
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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?
|
|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.
John Utz:
|randall, where you talking about a legacy free iPaq desktop machine or the
|iPaq handheld?
It's the 10" LCD Desktop, not the handheld.
- K6-2/266 CPU
- 16MB RAM, & 16MB Flash Drive
- 800x600 10" LCD screen
- Cyberblade i7 VIA chipset
- Kawasaki USB->Ethernet
- USB Keyboard/Mouse
See http://www.linux-hacker.net/ipaq/
If we can just get the network card, XFree86, and an xterm running on it,
I'll be satisfied. Using it as an X server for remote apps is probably the
best option given it's memory size. But that may be a problem for PicoBSD
(as it doesn't support X, or so the docs say...), so I'll keep reading.
Randall
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