GunBlade - 2005-08-05 2:38 PM
I sure will!
Hope it works...
I'm sorry to ask, but how do I find the CF images? How do I put them on the CF? It's not just a regular copy..
well ... this is the tricky part. Some distro like NetBSD has a bootloader and installboot image that can reside in a FAT partition on a CF. This means you can use your card reader and setup a small partition
(~16MB
) and plunge in. Unfortunately, the hpcarm port for NetBSD is lagging right now and JLime is already gone Gold, ie good to go.
Option #1
Unfortunately unfortunately, Jlime requires you to create a linux partition on the CF. This means you need to have a linux
(desktop
) machine to start with. I'm exploring colinux, which I mentioned in another thread here, and if it works out, those trying out jlime or other distros can setup colinux and then prep the CF card with it.
http://www.hpcfactor.com/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=1994&pos...
You happen to have 2 desktop running linux and also a Zaurus C3100 running OpenZaurus right?
... no? ... ok, just kidding. I'll see if I can get the colinux distro to access the CF card these few days. Had some problems yesterday. If it works out, I'll do a CESD
(ok C:Amie, I got the materials for the 2 I promised ready, just formatting and layout!
) for using colinux with jlime. Maybe the jlime folks can incorporate the info into their site as well.
If anyone else knows an easier way, please update here too!
...
Option #2
oh, actually, I'll update here right now!
... you can use some of the linux distro that allows you to boot off a CD or a thumbdrive. Boot into linux
(or *nix
) and setup your CF card without installing the distro. Expect slightly slow usage as system files are read off the CD.
Anyone else?