Re: comments on new install procedure

Hi

* glenn (glenn65535@insightbb.com) wrote:
> I saw previous comments about lack of sshd. I will corroborate those
> observations: I had to reconstruct the initrd with the various sshd bits

I suppose that an sshd in the initrd is probably quite handy. I think it
would be bad to let the initrd grow too much, but an sshd isn't going to
make a huge difference.

> minicom before I could login with sshd. I would suggest including a
> default static configuration for usbf in /etc/network/interfaces (such
> as 192.168.0.202); I'd say most people won't be running a dhcp service

The dhcp question is a tricky one - it really makes life so much easier
with an iPAQ if you do run a dhcp server somewhere on your network. In
the fullness of time, I'll put an appendix into the howto that covers
setting up a really simple dhcp server.
In the mean time, I'll look at the USB networking and see what I can do
to improve it's setup.

> installation (fortunately, Intimate mounts the flash by default so it
> was a simple matter to coppy the sshd bits over from Familiar 6

"apt-get install ssh" would have been better really at that point, for
one thing it would have set up the various init.d scripts properly.

> pppd will break (infamous "serial line looped back error").

I've never used pppd over the serial link before - what infamous error?
:)

Cheers,

-- 
Chris "Ng" Jones
  chris@black-sun.co.uk
  www.linuxdude.co.uk