On 11 Nov 2005 12:31:13 -0800
"Tyler Regas" <tyler@pdahandyman.com> wrote:

> I was finally able to install 2.1 on my MP770. I booted from a CF  
> card in a PCMCIA adapter and then used a Socket LP-Ethernet CF card  
> in the same adapter to download the packages from FTP. Installation  
> was to a 2GB CF card which is partitioned as ffs/swap/msdos. Having  
> never used a *nix on an embedded device before (can't count my Sharp  
> SL-5600 as that's what it was designed for) I am now stuck trying to  
> boot into it. I appear to have been lucky for a bit. I rebooted into  
> the install kernel, quit sysinst, and sent a reboot command, which  
> then promptly rebooted it to the card and not back into Windows CE.
> I was under the impression that this was normal, as it worked a few  
> times. Then it stopped working. The only thing I did was set the  
> hostname, something I apparently forgot to do during the network
> setup.
> 
> I have hpcboot and netbsd.gz on the msdos partition of the CF card.  
> I'd like to keep the PCMCIA slot free for network cards. Any  
> suggestions on how I can do this?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Tyler

When you run hpcboot and specify the kernel, try changing the path
from the CF card to '/' and change 'netbsd.gz' to 'netbsd'.

Best of luck,

Andrew Gould