Re: jornada 690

[Edgar Pettijohn III <edgar%pettijohn-web.com@localhost>]

On 05/27/18 23:09, Edgar Pettijohn III wrote:
> On 05/27/18 22:51, tr%vispaul.me@localhost wrote:
> > On 2018-05-28 09:05, Edgar Pettijohn III wrote:
> > > I found a jornada 690 and am trying to install netbsd on it. I have
> > > managed to boot the install kernel, but I'm not sure how to install
> > > the sets. I've tried too many things to list. The wiki while useful in
> > > getting me as far as I have doesn't work. When booting the kernel it
> > > complains about not being able to boot wd0a, etc, etc.
> >
> > Hi Edgar,
> >
> > I'm not sure if this will work for the Jornada, but for Landisk, I 
> > copied the
> > sets to a USB drive and then chose the USB drive as the source of my 
> > sets
> > in the installer. That worked well for me. I'm not sure if you have a 
> > spare
> > USB port on the Jornada.
> >
> > - Travis
>
> If there is a usb port it is well hidden, but perhaps I'll look again. 
> There is a serial port, maybe I can connect it to my laptop and use it 
> somehow.  Too tired at this point for rational thought though.
>
> Edgar

I'll be damned. There is what appears to be a usb port. This could be 
promising.

Thanks!