Re: jornada 690

On 05/27/18 22:51, [email protected] wrote:
> On 2018-05-28 09:05, Edgar Pettijohn III wrote:
>> I found a jornada 690 and am trying to install netbsd on it. I have
>> managed to boot the install kernel, but I'm not sure how to install
>> the sets. I've tried too many things to list. The wiki while useful in
>> getting me as far as I have doesn't work. When booting the kernel it
>> complains about not being able to boot wd0a, etc, etc.
>>
>
> Hi Edgar,
>
> I'm not sure if this will work for the Jornada, but for Landisk, I 
> copied the
> sets to a USB drive and then chose the USB drive as the source of my sets
> in the installer. That worked well for me. I'm not sure if you have a 
> spare
> USB port on the Jornada.
>
> - Travis

If there is a usb port it is well hidden, but perhaps I'll look again. 
There is a serial port, maybe I can connect it to my laptop and use it 
somehow.  Too tired at this point for rational thought though.

Edgar