Hi, Klaus, thanks for the update. I'll look forward to seeing the ipaq updates in the wiki... can you send out an announce here when he does it?
It I can get it working, I can contribute my experiences too and maybe contribute to the project in some way. Tony On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 11:09:51 -0600, Klaus Weidner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 08:29:14PM -0800, Tony Godshall wrote: > > Is anyone up on the status of Debian on handhelds? It > > would be nice if someone could post a quick summary of > > which projects are moving forward, if any, and which > > ones have pretty much stagnated. URLs to active projects > > which have a working Debian on PDA would be particularly > > useful (google searches are frustrating because there's a > > lot of stagnant and obsolete stuff out there). > > The pocketworkstation project is in a stagnant-but-mostly-working stage: > > Main page: > http://pocketworkstation.org > > Installation hints: > http://wiki.debian.net/index.cgi?PocketWorkstation > > I haven't had time to work on it (I haven't even used my Zaurus in > months, and am thinking about giving up on organizers and using my cell > phone for PIM tasks), but from comments I hear the release does work for > Zaurus users, and you can use "apt-get" to get updated or additional > software with it. > > I've heard recent encouraging reports from someone running it on an iPAQ, > he said he was planning to add instructions to the Wiki based on his > experiences. > > > Last time I tried to put Debian on my handheld (IPAQ with > > CF sleeve and 5GB drive) I was not able to locate a > > reasonably straightforward way to do it (the one at > > helixcode had been removed) so I had to make do with > > familiar as the host OS and real debian only in a > > debootstrap. Pocketworkstation was supposed to work but > > the instructions were so Zaurus-specific I couldn't get > > it to work. > > I agree that it's a lot of work to get it running, and definitely > something for people who like to fiddle with things to get them working > rather than end users. > > -Klaus > -- Tony Godshall -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
