Re: Looking for help getting netbsd running on Jornada 690

[John Klos <john%ziaspace.com@localhost>]

Hi,

> I recently bought a hp Jornada 690 for around $60 shortly after learning I 
> could run NetBSD on it.
> I have read many old guides to get NetBSD running on this device, But I keep 
> getting confused and getting nowhere.
> I have a cf reader and another computer running Ubuntu that I have been using 
> to get files onto the Jornada.
>
> Can someone tell me how to get NetBSD running on this Jornada or link me to a 
> guide on the topic?

http://www.netbsd.org/ports/hpcsh/howto-use.html

In a nutshell, make a small partition on a CF card which has hpcboot.exe, 
a NetBSD install kernel, and a miniroot.fs. Launch hpcboot.exe, point it 
to the netbsd kernel and miniroot.fs, boot, and run through the NetBSD 
installer.

John