Re: Psion 5mx Bootloader for NetBSD

[nia <nia%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Tue, Oct 20, 2026 at 06:29:55PM +0200, Joerg B wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have been trying for a long time to boot NetBSD on a Psion Series 5mx
> Pro, but I am stuck at the boot loader stage.
> 
> As far as I can tell, the NetBSD/epoc32 port, which lists the 5mx Pro
> as supported, needs e32boot.exe (plus the accompanying files) to start
> the kernel. The original binaries that KIYOHARA Takashi announced in
> 2012 at
> http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/kiyohara/epoc32
> return a 404 error now. I have found the source in the NetBSD tree
> (sys/arch/epoc32/stand/e32boot), but no pre-built binary.
> 

Here you go:
https://cdn.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/nia/epoc32.tar.gz

I have a psion 5mx but haven't managed to get the kernel to finish
loading.