10.1 on Jornada 680 - can I help?
Timothy Gaskell <[email protected]> Tue, 26 Aug 2025 14:11:07 -0500
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[resending as plain text because I'm new here and just learned the server prefers that] Hi all! 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. 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. - installation/netbsd.gz would not boot on my machine - 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 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. X works without any need to edit config files, and I've been able to install some extra light-weight programs from pkgsrc. 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. Thanks, Timothy