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Subject: Re: Re: Supported 802.11b CF and sysinst question - msg#00019List: os.netbsd.ports.hpcmips> Date: 2004/04/08 Thu AM 03:42:25 EST > On 07.04.04, 22:20:35, elyod@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am new to NetBSD on the z50, but I've read quite a few of the posts here. Very helpful stuff. I have a couple questions as I'm having some trouble getting 1.6.2 installed. > > > > I have a 5G Toshiba pcmcia drive and I would like to install from a DOS partition. I have the disk partitioned but I cannot get beyond the HPCboot program. I have read I need to use sysinst but I cannot find this in any of the compressed files. So I figured the install kernel must be on the boot disks. I made the boot disks from i386 using rawrite, but I cannot read them from a DOS/Windows box. Any insight would be appreciated. > > Umm, which boot disks? There aren't any for hpcmips. > > Just have hpcboot boot one of the installation kernels, they contain > sysinst on their embedded disk image and will start it automatically. > Sysinst can then install directly from a DOS partition. > > I'm not sure if hpcboot can load gzip'd kernels, but otherwise > hpcmips/installation/netbsd.gz is the right one (if it fails, gunzip > it first). It's like boot floppies for i386, i. e. it's a kernal > that contains a miniroot with sysinst and some other vital tools > (ifconfig, dhclient, route, ls, and a few more. > Ok, got it. Thanks. I had the right idea initially, but I left the end '/' off of the path making it look for "installationnetbsd" instead of "installation/netbsd". Now I'm having trouble mounting the original DOS partition, but I'm still reading... :) Thread at a glance:
Previous Message by Date: click to view message previewRe: Supported 802.11b CF and sysinst questionAm Mittwoch, 07. April 2004 um 22:20:35 Uhr (-0400) schrieb elyod@xxxxxxxxxxxx: > Also, I would like to add a CF USB adapter, but from what I've read > none seem supported. I use a Netgear MA701 Compact Flash WLAN card (which has a standard 11 Mbit/s Prism chipset) on my z50, however not in the CF slot, but in the PCMCIA slot with a CF/PCMCIA adaptor since the OS is running from a CF card. Since CF and PCMCIA are electrically the same and the NetBSD driver architecture abstracts chipset support from hardware interface support, I optimistically guess that the card should also work in the CF slot, but can't verify that... -F -- http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~cantsin/ Next Message by Date: click to view message previewRe: Supported 802.11b CF and sysinst questionOn 2004-04-07 elyod@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Also, I would like to add a CF USB adapter, but from what I've read none > seem supported. So I would instead like to add a wireless 802.11b CF > card. I did find (once) a list of supported cards, but I cannot turn it > up again. Can anyone tell me which are supported? Which are lower > power? The Ambicom seems to work with the Zarus' Linux, but no word on > NetBSD. The Socket looks like a good choice too, but for the price I > want to see if anyone else has it working. I am working on a driver for the Ratoc CF USB adaptor. I should have a working version in the next few days. The chip has some problems and limitiations, some of which I hope are do to driver problems that can be fixed, but some are fundamental chip limitations. I'll describe this more when I get the driver finished and can do more tests. However, NetBSD does not support any USB wireless cards anyway, so this would not help you if you want wireless unless you do USB ethernet and ethernet to wireless (though I don't know if configuration of them would necessarily work under NetBSD given the oddities of configuration tools that so many vendors have now). I use old SMC PCMCIA wireless cards, which work great under NetBSD but have no end of trouble under Windows on i386 (CE works except for DHCP). Previous Message by Thread: click to view message previewRe: Supported 802.11b CF and sysinst questionOn 2004-04-07 elyod@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Also, I would like to add a CF USB adapter, but from what I've read none > seem supported. So I would instead like to add a wireless 802.11b CF > card. I did find (once) a list of supported cards, but I cannot turn it > up again. Can anyone tell me which are supported? Which are lower > power? The Ambicom seems to work with the Zarus' Linux, but no word on > NetBSD. The Socket looks like a good choice too, but for the price I > want to see if anyone else has it working. I am working on a driver for the Ratoc CF USB adaptor. I should have a working version in the next few days. The chip has some problems and limitiations, some of which I hope are do to driver problems that can be fixed, but some are fundamental chip limitations. I'll describe this more when I get the driver finished and can do more tests. However, NetBSD does not support any USB wireless cards anyway, so this would not help you if you want wireless unless you do USB ethernet and ethernet to wireless (though I don't know if configuration of them would necessarily work under NetBSD given the oddities of configuration tools that so many vendors have now). I use old SMC PCMCIA wireless cards, which work great under NetBSD but have no end of trouble under Windows on i386 (CE works except for DHCP). Next Message by Thread: click to view message previewRe: Re: Supported 802.11b CF and sysinst question> Do you know of any other CF USB adaptors? The Ratoc card is the only > one I have seen. > I have inquired with twin-paradox about this one: http://www.twin-paradox.com/SEPDA.html and as the website says it's expected late April/May. MSRP $90USD. However, they only said they were developing distribution channels, not where I could buy one. Loading Comments...
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