Subject: Re: Re-install assistance
To: None <port-hpcmips@netbsd.org>
From: Jun Ebihara <jun@soum.co.jp>
List: port-hpcmips
Date: 08/29/2000 18:06:11
We need some fine page with NetBSD/hpcmips.
If you have/seen good Web page to add 
 http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/hpcmips,please teach me.

Documentation writer also welcome.
On /usr/src/distrib/notes/hpcmips/
 contents,hardware,install,legal,prep,update,whatis,xfer
Needs more and more update.
If you make document update,please send jun@netbsd.org.

From: "The Taylor Family" <thetaylorfamily@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re-install assistance
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 00:35:18 -0700

> I'd like to re-install NetBSD on my Workpad z50 (I had previously installed
> the 03-15-2000 binaries) but I am confused which sets to get and from where.
> I have a 96 MB CF card, which I used to install NetBSD by making a DOS

NetBSD-1.5_ALPHA2:
 ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.5_ALPHA2/hpcmips/binary/sets

-rw-r--r--  1 1193  netbsd  19537694 Aug 13 07:52 base.tgz
-rw-r--r--  1 1193  netbsd  13847722 Aug 13 08:13 comp.tgz
-rw-r--r--  1 1193  netbsd     97540 Aug 13 08:13 etc.tgz
-rw-r--r--  1 1193  netbsd   2997230 Aug 13 08:16 games.tgz
-rw-r--r--  1 1193  netbsd   1017100 Aug 13 06:50 kern.tgz
-rw-r--r--  1 1193  netbsd   5003020 Aug 13 08:20 man.tgz
-rw-r--r--  1 1193  netbsd   2714962 Aug 13 08:22 misc.tgz
-rw-r--r--  1 1193  netbsd   1385914 Aug 13 08:24 text.tgz
-rw-r--r--  1 1193  netbsd   3228783 Aug 13 09:17 xbase.tgz
-rw-r--r--  1 1193  netbsd   2244220 Aug 13 09:21 xcomp.tgz
-rw-r--r--  1 1193  netbsd    209278 Aug 13 09:21 xcontrib.tgz
-rw-r--r--  1 1193  netbsd   5860739 Aug 13 09:22 xfont.tgz
-rw-r--r--  1 1193  netbsd   1970365 Aug 13 09:24 xserver.tgz

Experimental binary sets for CF (Based NetBSD-1.5_ALPHA2):
 ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/hpcmips/pocketbsd/binary/sets
-rw-rw-r--  1 1191  netbsd  9062900 Aug 25 16:49 base.tgz
-rw-rw-r--  1 1191  netbsd  2070177 Aug 25 20:15 comp.tgz
-rw-rw-r--  1 1191  netbsd    74541 Aug 25 16:49 etc.tgz
-rw-rw-r--  1 1191  netbsd  1019286 Aug 25 16:50 kern.tgz
-rw-rw-r--  1 1191  netbsd  1028866 Aug 25 05:00 bin-sbin-dynamic.tgz

> parition just large enough to hold the sets and then leave me with just
> enough space to hold three minimum sets. This worked OK, but now I'd like to
> see if it's possible to add the X-windows Server support (or some other
> graphics mode). I have an older Xircom ethernet card, which I think I can
> use in the PCMCIA slot to my Win98 machine (?) if that would remove the need
> to partition the CF card for holding the sets. (Or is using the z50 modem
> recommended?).

On z50,We have no mouse pointer device.
Screen works well but we have no mouse pointer.
We have a small meeting in tokyo.One of LinuxVR
developer,Kawashima-san show us z50+LinuxVR+X11 with trackpoint.
We should make more improvement about trackpoint device. 

> Updated pointers would be appreciated. I found some of the Japanese-language
> instructions sites almost readable (I know no Japanese--just English) but
> haven't seen similar updated sites in English.

anybody exist?

anyway ,any question welcome.I'll feed back
www.netbsd.org/Ports/hpcmips.

--
jun ebihara