Subject: Re: Netwinder questions
To: None <port-arm@netbsd.org>
From: Istvan Gyenes <frts@pumbaa.sch.bme.hu>
List: port-arm
Date: 07/11/2001 11:17:52
Thank you both!

I'll try the kernel.

--
frts


On Tue, 10 Jul 2001, Matt Thomas wrote:

> At 10:49 PM 7/10/2001 +0100, Chris Gilbert wrote:
> >On Wednesday 11 July 2001 12:37 am, Istvan Gyenes wrote:
> >
> >I'm not sure that serial console support is available yet, if you're happy
> >with a vga console then I'm sure someone could (I certainly can) compile a
> >current kernel up for you to try :)
>
> Only the serial is supported.  I'm still [trying to find time to start] working
> on VGA support.
>
> > > When will a snapshot available for the netwinder?
> >
> >Technically any existing arm32 snapshot (including the 1.5.x ones) should
> >work, the kernel is the only machine specific part, 99% of the rest is shared.
>
> True.  All you really need is a kernel.  And a diskless area for netbooting.
> Even though I can read/write the disk, I haven't tried to properly boot off
> disk since the port is still not even half-baked.
>
> Even so, try to netboot the following kernel:
>
> ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/netwinder/kernels/netbsd-20010608