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Palmtop NetBSD

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the small-installations dept.

BSD Forums writes "'Of course it runs NetBSD.' NetBSD is fantastically portable, but that doesn't make it supremely easy to install on oddball hardware like a Dreamcast or a palmtop computer. Michael Lucas demonstrates cross-installation with the HP Jornada."

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  1. Done before by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    People have done similar installations on Windows CE devices for awhile. For example, I run NetBSD 1.6 on my IBM z50, also with a 512MB Compact Flash card. The only difference is that this installation was done entirely from a NetBSD mothership while I installed from a FreeBSD ftp server I set up.

  2. Re:Why bother? by addaboy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    because it's there. it's a hobby thing.

  3. Right... by Malicious · · Score: 5, Funny

    When asked to comment why he wanted to install BSD on a Palmtop, Michael Lucas responded 'The Devil made me do it'

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  4. Re:Full text: by chromatic · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If you'd asked permission to reprint the article, I'd have given it to you. That wasn't very nice.

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  5. Re:Full text: by parkanoid · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Erm. I did not realize a quick cut'n'paste aimed at alleviating the slashdot effect would be considered a reprint. Please pardon me, normally it isn't a problem.

  6. BSD... when was it behind? by vcbumg2 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    You can do the same thing with Linux you can do with BSDs.
    It is how they do it that is different I have found that once you know how a bsd system works I can quickly cut out a system that does what I want and nothing that I dont.
    For me BSDs a cleaner simpler and just as powerful as any free or commercial Unix out there on a few processors.
    I have a IBM z50 running NetBSD and X11 and a webserver on a 265mg CF!!! and I know every process that executes and why.

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