If the kernel actually boots normally, and you have a CF card or something as 
"disk" (and something to write to it from a i386), maybe you can do what I 
did on my z50:  disklabel the CF card, untar the sets thereupon, and off you 
go... (see
http://www.gel.usherbrooke.ca/thiemann/netbsd-ibmz50/netbsd-ibmz50.html ) 

If you are using a 128M CF card, I could even send you a raw image.

I never ran sysinst.  Just edited rc.conf and fstab by hand.

Joe.

On November 17, 2003 04:12, ab2@gno.de wrote:
> Due to this chart it probaly lacks a lot of support.
>
> I wanted to give it a try.
>
> But when I tried to start the pbsdboot.exe I
> get the mentioned 'cannot allocate heap'
> from the Instalation section ( .. see below).
>
> On the other hand I read:
>
> "Note:
>  You need 16 MB or larger RAM on a machine for self installation. "
>
> If Installation is currently only possible for >8MB devices how could I
> possibly achieve it to get a system running with this device?
>
> My Machine has ony 7.8xx MB for programs available and
> after a fresh reset allready 1.6 MB are used by standard
> CE software.
>
> So what are probaly my options?
>
> Could I make it work with a 'standard' port/hpcmips distribution?
>
> Has somebody done it before with this type of device?
> What is with the Modem, Infrared, serial port, display?
>
> Is it really so hard to make them work?
>
> I thought CE devices are pretty standard and nearly
> quite the same so software should be realtively easily made
> working on these type of devices once a 'start' is made
> (as it seems with this port)?
>
>
> Thaks for some answers or reference redirections.
>
>    Andreas