My biggest CF Card is only 40 mb... i hope that is ok.  I also wish there was a
version that would just use a ram disk.  I have a PCMCIA NIC that I wanted to
use also but my Sharp only has one PC Card slot and i have to use it for the CF
card.

RJ T wrote:

> I've done it. I have a Workpad z50 with a 96 MB CF card. I used FDISK to
> partition it (you could also use fips or GNU part, I guess). I made a 21 MB
> FAT16 partition so that I could put my sets on that side, along with
> pbsdboot.exe and netbsd.gz (compressed is best).  Get the experimental
> PocketPC sets to begin with.
>
> Then, after creating a NetBSD filesystem (with a 5 MB swap partition;
> everything else for / ), I needed to ctrl-z to shell and execute fdisk to
> note the partition information for the MSDOS partition and then, after
> setting the editor to vi (EDITOR=vi; export EDITOR) executing dislabel -e
> wd0 and adding my MSDOS parition as drive e.
>
> Then I "fg" back to the installer and tell the installer to look for the
> sets (only first three, initially) on an unmounted filesystem, device wd0e,
> filesystem msods, directory / .
>
> It finds the sets and builds the system. Voila--bootable NetBSD on my WinCE
> machine!
>
> I've been using my machine for a few months and love it. I did load my
> favorite editor (vim) and w3m. So comfortable. I just wish the SUSPEND
> button really shut off everything...
>
> Robert Taylor
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "X-Odus" <x-odus@iname.com>
> To: <port-hpcmips@netbsd.org>
> Sent: Thursday, 28 September, 2000 3:08 PM
> Subject: Re: Sharp Mobillion 4600
>
> : Hmm.... now It wont mount a root partition.  it is trying on wd0a, so I am
> assuming
> : that is the flash card?  How do I get a file system on this?  My Flash
> card reader is
> : hooked up to my Windows2000 machine.  I dont think it will work in linux.
> any ideas?
> :
> : X-Odus wrote:
> :
> : > DUH!  I got it working.  It says unsupported CPU when ever I use user
> defined
> : > type.  I used the mobillion 4100 settings and it worked fine.  Now i
> just have to
> : > make an FS on the memory card. or something.
> : >
> : > X-Odus wrote:
> : >
> : > > I got the kernel and used the pbsdboot.exe that you sent.
> : > >
> : > > It says "Unsupported CPU"
> : > >
> : > > Josef Kormann wrote:
> : > >
> : > > > Hello,
> : > > >
> : > > > chances are good that it works.
> : > > >
> : > > > I've got a Mobilon 4500 and tried the TX3912 kernel
> : > > > (should be binary/kernel/netbsd.TX3912.gz in the directory of a
> snapshot)
> : > > > You should not be too worried about error messages of the latest
> : > > > pbsdboot.exe .
> : > > > Developers are doing their best, but no one can manage to test all
> : > > > improvements on all HPCMIPS-machines.
> : > > > This is something what users can test almost headache-free:
> : > > > If you have got enough diskspace, i recommend storing at least the 3
> latest
> : > > > snapshots.
> : > > >
> : > > > Please try an older version of pbsdboot (pbsdboot1 is only for WinCE
> 1.0).
> : > > > Perhaps 20000315 snapshot with the following settings:
> : > > >
> : > > > User defined frame buffer:
> : > > > Name: Sharp Mobilon 4100
> : > > > Type: D8_00
> : > > > Leave default values for the rest.
> : > > > After waiting a few seconds it should boot up.
> : > > > If you have got problems to prepare a storage medium like Microdrive
> or a
> : > > > CF-Card, a Notebook running OpenBSD might help you to fill it  with
> a
> : > > > file-system.
> : > > > (although not the pure NetBSD way).
> : > > >
> : > > > I've attached a copy of pbsdboot.exe
> : > > >
> : > > > Let's continue using NetBSD
> : > > >
> : > > > Josef Kormann (I'm a newbie)
> : > > > joe@swanisle.de
> : > > > or josefkormann@compuserve.com
> : > > >
> : > >
>   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> : > > >                    Name: pbsdboot.exe
> : > > >    pbsdboot.exe    Type: unspecified type (application/octet-stream)
> : > > >                Encoding: base64
> :
> :