Re: 10.1 on Jornada 680 - can I help?

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

> [resending as plain text because I'm new here and just learned the
> server prefers that]

Appreciated.

> Hi all!

Welcome :)

> I'm here to report a successful install of NetBSD 10.1 on a Jornada
> 680 and ask if there are any small ways I can help improve this port
> for future users.

We need people to test and point out issues and places where documentation 
can be improved.

> Installation was not flawless:
> - INSTALL.TXT isn't very well tailored for the specific port and
> mentions things like having a 1.44 MB floppy drive, which the HP
> palmtops do not.

It'd do to have a document for palmtops. hpcsh, hpcarm and hpcmips all 
have enough similarities that one document could cover all of them.

> - installation/netbsd.gz would not boot on my machine

hpcboot-sh3.exe wouldn't load this file at all?

> - installation/hpcboot-sh3.exe would boot
> binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC.gz but when doing so tried mounting the
> CF card as root even when I told it (the correct way?) to use the
> miniroot.fs installation ram disk instead.

I think the RAMDISK kernel (sys/arch/hpcsh/conf/RAMDISK)is needed to 
use the ramdisk. The kernel in installation/ should be built from RAMDISK 
(although I haven't checked).

> I ended up just partitioning my CF card using a PC running NetBSD,
> unpacking the binary sets onto it, and running sysinst only for user
> and service configuration on first boot.

That's a quick way to do it, although we should make sure the documented 
way works, too, of course.

> X works without any need to edit config files, and I've been able to
> install some extra light-weight programs from pkgsrc.

Excellent! BTW, these packages should work for you (and if they don't, 
please let people know):

https://cdn.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/sh3el/10.0_2025Q2/

> Since this is a port with fairly few users where testing and polishing
> doesn't always happen, I'm wondering if there's any way I can help.

You're already helping!

Thanks,
John