Chris; Congratulations! You're a braver man than I... :-)
Are you trying to install your PDA distro (Familiar/Intimate/whatever) onto the iPAQ from a Linux desktop? 'Cos it sounds like from a Linux desktop. That's very brave. :-D The following link (from the Serial-HOWTO) elaborates on some of the /dev conventions for different ports. I'm not sure if it will be helpful or not, but I hope so. http://www.ibiblio.org/mdw/HOWTO/Serial-HOWTO-9.html#ss9.1 What step in the process (on the http://www.handhelds.org/feeds/bootldr/install.html document) have you successfully made it to? Curtis. -----Original Message----- From: Wallace, Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 3:30 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: (clug-talk) Info needed: any way to term into a USB port in linux? Hello all, Well, I'm taking the plunge and (trying) installing linux on my iPAQ 3600 series PDA, but the directions on handhelds.org (http://www.handhelds.org/feeds/bootldr/install.html) mention that I need to use a serial cable/cradle to actually load the distro. I've almost completed the section regarding loading the bootloader and it's now displaying the snazzy tux logo after a reboot, but now I need to somehow get it to a prompt so I can enter some commands in the term emu. Now, I'm thinking that I should be able to treat the USB port (ttyUSB0?) as a serial port for purposes of terming into it in linux (since my iPAQ doesn't have a serial cable/cradle). Does this seem whacked or should/could it work? I haven't actually tried it yet, but I did notice a kernel module for serial emulation in USB or something like that... As always...TIA for the assistance. Regards, Chris
