> Also, if I understand correctly, the HD can be blown away completely
> (or even removed), and we can still boot linux off the embedded flash?
It can still boot linux off the embedded flash effectively in single
user mode. That's all that they fit up there. And that is where
we place our boot p
On 3/23/07, Theo de Raadt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> zaurus is quite brittle and depends on some of the stuff on the disk.
I really don't agree. That was mostly in the past. These days I
always install a zaurus without any Linux on the drive. That linux
stuff is not neccessary anymore.
Th
On 2007/03/23 00:24, Nick ! wrote:
> Is there any way to control the backlight? I don't see in the manpages
> any reference to it, but maybe I'm looking in the wrong places.
wsconsctl(8)
> What's the upgrading procedure? Is it something like: put bsd.rd on
> the / filesystem somewhere and the fil
On 3/23/07, Theo de Raadt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Trust me, you really do need to carefully read INSTALL.zaurus, and you
> really don't want to use the whole disk for openbsd - that'll set you
> up for a world of hurt. The linux environment that ships with the
> zaurus is quite brittle and d
> Trust me, you really do need to carefully read INSTALL.zaurus, and you
> really don't want to use the whole disk for openbsd - that'll set you
> up for a world of hurt. The linux environment that ships with the
> zaurus is quite brittle and depends on some of the stuff on the disk.
I really don'
On 3/22/07, Kyle George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Thu, 22 Mar 2007, Nick ! wrote:
> On 3/22/07, Chris Kuethe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> think long and hard before you trash the partition table. hint: you
>> don't want to use the whole disk for openbsd.
>
> I don't? I mean, I know to sav
On 3/23/07, Kyle George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Thu, 22 Mar 2007, Nick ! wrote:
> On 3/22/07, Chris Kuethe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> think long and hard before you trash the partition table. hint: you
>> don't want to use the whole disk for openbsd.
>
> I don't? I mean, I know to sav
On Thu, 22 Mar 2007, Nick ! wrote:
On 3/22/07, Chris Kuethe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
think long and hard before you trash the partition table. hint: you
don't want to use the whole disk for openbsd.
I don't? I mean, I know to save the first few sectors for the
partition table, but isn't th
On 3/22/07, Theo de Raadt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -How do you people with zaurii trade data from them with other
> computers? Purely over the network? With SD cards? USB hubs +
> thumbdrives?
We sync our repositories and commit over wireless we find in the bars
where we drink, of course.
On 3/22/07, Chris Kuethe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
man zkbd
http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zkbd&arch=zaurus
Thanks for the tip, but that only talks about when the zaurus is on.
I'd turned it completely off. I'm hoping it was just a fluke though.
> -I don't have a CF Wifi card
On 3/22/07, Nick ! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
-I've discovered that the power button is really a standby button,
like on Palms. However, I did `shutdown -h now` from the shell and
afterwards it wouldn't turn back on. In order to make it come back I
had to take off the battery cover, press the res
> -I've discovered that the power button is really a standby button,
> like on Palms. However, I did `shutdown -h now` from the shell and
> afterwards it wouldn't turn back on. In order to make it come back I
> had to take off the battery cover, press the reset button, take out
> the battery, and p
So I picked up my shiny 6gig zaurus from the post office today (glee!)
and I'm preparing to blow away the terribly primitive UI that comes
with it and make it an awesome OpenBSD-in-my-pocket; but I have a few
questions. This isn't entirely on-topic, but google hasn't helped.
Please, feel free to d
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