Hello kmeaw,
On Fri, 7 Dec 2007 01:48:48 +0300, "kmeaw" <kmeaw_at_kmeaw.com> said:
> I would like to tell you about the Gentoo GNU/Linux on PDA project
> status.
> A stage0+core installation has been tested on a few
> hx4700s and caused no problems to their users.
I tried this today: I got a 2GB SD card, formatted it into two
partitions:
Disk /dev/sdd: 2002 MB, 2002255872 bytes
58 heads, 57 sectors/track, 1182 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 3306 * 512 = 1692672 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/mmcblk0p1 1 303 500830+ b W95 FAT32
/dev/mmcblk0p2 304 1182 1452987 83 Linux
Partition 1 = VFAT
Partition 2 = ext2
I unpacked your stage0 onto the Linux partition, downloaded all packages
and installed them all - perhaps unwise, but I figured I had the space.
After installing all packages, only 241M out of 1.1G was in use. I'm
guessing that a 512MB SD card would be okay for a basic install and my
2G would maybe be enough for the stage4 as well.
I downloaded the latest HaRET, edited the startup file and got it
booting.
A console appears, is replaced by the Gentoo boot progress screen, and
then fvwm is running. I am not able to do much in fvwm, other than
restart it, change the screen orientation, backlight brightness and so
on - I couldn't launch any applications.
I was able to login to the serial console (9600bps) because I couldn't
figure out what address the USB link was on, though after logging in, I
found that the Hx4700 is using 192.168.1.202. The root password is
'gent00' (see http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_PDA).
Where are the kernel modules, please? I can't find any in
/lib/modules/2.6.21-hh16.
If anyone would like me to stuff these files onto a tarball or zip so
you can just unpack them onto an SD card, let me know via this list and
I'll put something together.
Lex
Received on Tue Dec 11 2007 - 21:29:59 EST
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