Thanks to all who replied. I eventually got OpenBSD installed by ``insmod zbsdmod.o; cp bsd.rd /proc/zboot'', partitioning the hard drive to the example in INSTALL.zaurus, booting into Linux again, copying the installation files to the DOS partition (minus X), booting into OpenBSD again, and installing.
OpenBSD was installed, but it was still booting into Linux, despite ``fdisk -u wd0''. I discovered the terminal program on CD1 and installed that. Then ``su root -c 'ipkg install openbsd37_arm.ipk'', and it was booting into OpenBSD. Is there a way to have the Zaurus boot directly into OpenBSD without using the openbsd37_arm.ipk file? I then installed X. It should be noted that, although the USB ethernet cards I bought for the occasion are recognized by OpenBSD, it doesn't seem to work if I booted into OpenBSD from the ``insmod cp'' method. Thanks again! -Ray- On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 03:26:11AM +0200, Uwe Stuehler wrote: > On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 09:36:38AM -0400, Ray wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm trying to install OpenBSD on my Zaurus but no stores around me > > carry Compact Flash wired/unwired ethernet cards. I've got an SD > > card with an OpenBSD snapshot on it and a USB ethernet card (which > > Linux doesn't have a driver for but hopefully OpenBSD will). The > > text is all Japanese so I'm sort of feeling in the dark. I tried > > to install the OpenBSD package from the SD card by inserting it and > > clicking on it. I get prompted twice in Japanese (the latter of > > which looks like an error message, with the giant exclamation point > > and all), I click what I presume to be "OK", reboot, but I don't > > get an OpenBSD boot> prompt and booting into Linux doesn't give me > > an OpenBSD application. > > > > So now I try the hard way, booting into single-user mode. Unfortunately > > the ipkg binary is nowhere to be found, so I can't install the > > package there either. Other than single-user mode I can't find any > > other terminal program on the system. I was tempted to just skip > > that step and just ``insmod zbsdmod.o; cp bsd.rd /proc/zboot'' but > > I didn't want to be left with a dead Zaurus by doing stuff out of > > order. > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > -Ray- > > Rename openbsd37_arm.ipk to openbsd_arm.ipk and try again. > > While Qtopia's GUI installer refuses to install packages with the > former name from the filesystem, it will happily install packages > with any name via network. Clever... > > The insmod and cp method is also safe to try it if you just want > to see whether your USB card works, as long as you don't modify > the disk.
