Re: install on nec mobilepro 780

[Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>]

On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 01:28:25PM -0400, Michael Grayson wrote:

> Thank you very much for the response. I did some web searching after
> I read your message and I do see that gxemul (at last at one time) was
> said to have a complete emulation of this device and that it was tested
> with NetBSD. I do wonder how that would work since these devices come
> with a ROM chip that loads WinCE which must then be used to boot NetBSD
> using the hpcboot utility. I'm wondering if there are some variables
> there that might be different between the gxemul and the actual device.

I see - and that is good enough: gxemul loads the kernel directly, so
we totaly skip the WinCE part. Great, I'll create a test env and see what
I can find out.

> As far as the install medium, I used a compact flash card with a DOS
> partition for the bootstrap utility and install kernel. I tried various
> options to get the sets once I was installing, FTP seemed to be the
> most reliable.

OK, hpcmips install kernel - that makes it clear.

> Anyhow I'm happy to help in whatever way I can from my end. 

Let's see if I can reproduce it (but will take a bit).

Martin