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Re: [Wlug] ipaq

by Wesley T Allen

Actually, this is a great thread. I've been in the market for a Linux-based PDA and am unsure how to proceed. Agenda's offer is right out because I want a color screen (for the gameboy emulator), and I really don't feel like waiting until October for Yopy, but I will if I have to. Should I go out and buy an iPaq, flash it, and install Linux? Or should I wait for Yopy, even though it doesn't use X. Wes On 06 Jun 2001 17:31:00 -0400, Bradford J Snow wrote: > The Familiar distro is good. It can be found off www.handhelds.org , if > you have not found that site already. > > As far as warnings, just be careful when flashing the bootloader. Make > sure you follow the instructions exactly. Also, if you do install linux > and attempt to re-install WinCE and happen to get any errors while > flashing the device, don't turn it off. There used to be a bug, that > probably has been fixed by now, where some of the sectors in the last 4MB > were not erased properly by the bootloader thus could not be flashed. > Most likely you will not run into this issue, but as a general > rule if you experience errors while flashing the device, don't turn it off > until you have fixed the problem. > > Have fun, > Brad > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Bradford J. Snow bradford(a)wpi.edu > 508 - 831-6538 WPI CS/EE '01 > Executive Council and Events Chair of WPI ACM > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Brad Noyes wrote: > > > Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 16:43:25 -0400 > > From: Brad Noyes <maitre(a)ccs.neu.edu> > > Reply-To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > To: wlug(a)wlug.org > > Subject: [Wlug] ipaq > > > > Hi all, > > I recently bought an ipaq. I know there are are a few members of the wlug that > > have and ipaq with linux running. I have done some looking about on the net and > > i have found a hand full of options or a linux distro to put on the ipaq. I am > > curious to hear what the group's experience are with linux and the ipaq, and if > > you have any suggestions/warnings. > > > > Thanks > > --Brad > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

June 7, 2001

Re: [Wlug] ipaq

by Bradford J Snow

The Familiar distro is good. It can be found off www.handhelds.org , if you have not found that site already. As far as warnings, just be careful when flashing the bootloader. Make sure you follow the instructions exactly. Also, if you do install linux and attempt to re-install WinCE and happen to get any errors while flashing the device, don't turn it off. There used to be a bug, that probably has been fixed by now, where some of the sectors in the last 4MB were not erased properly by the bootloader thus could not be flashed. Most likely you will not run into this issue, but as a general rule if you experience errors while flashing the device, don't turn it off until you have fixed the problem. Have fun, Brad ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bradford J. Snow bradford(a)wpi.edu 508 - 831-6538 WPI CS/EE '01 Executive Council and Events Chair of WPI ACM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Brad Noyes wrote: > Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 16:43:25 -0400 > From: Brad Noyes <maitre(a)ccs.neu.edu> > Reply-To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > To: wlug(a)wlug.org > Subject: [Wlug] ipaq > > Hi all, > I recently bought an ipaq. I know there are are a few members of the wlug that > have and ipaq with linux running. I have done some looking about on the net and > i have found a hand full of options or a linux distro to put on the ipaq. I am > curious to hear what the group's experience are with linux and the ipaq, and if > you have any suggestions/warnings. > > Thanks > --Brad > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

June 6, 2001

ipaq

by Brad Noyes

Hi all, I recently bought an ipaq. I know there are are a few members of the wlug that have and ipaq with linux running. I have done some looking about on the net and i have found a hand full of options or a linux distro to put on the ipaq. I am curious to hear what the group's experience are with linux and the ipaq, and if you have any suggestions/warnings. Thanks --Brad

June 6, 2001

Re: [Wlug] dual PII/PIII motherboard of questionable origin up for grabs

by John Stoffel

Brian, Do you happen to know how many PCI slots this motherboard has? I'm wondering if it's a version 1.x or 2.x board. Thanks, John

June 6, 2001

Re: [Wlug] routing table question

by Bill Mills-Curran

Scott, Thanks for the analysis. Here's the output of "route -n" Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 192.168.1.0 192.168.1.10 255.255.255.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 The IP millie.mills.curran is 192.168.1.10. I'm inside a linksys firewall/router. I don't have an internal DNS server set up yet. I guess once I do I won't need the "-n" switch. (I've been playing with a DNS server config, but I haven't had the time to finish it up. It's a learning project.) Looking at the table above, and comparing it to one from work (running RedHat 6.0), I would think that the first entry should be something like: 192.168.1.10 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth0 I'm running RedHat 7.0 at home. Thanks, Bill On Tue, 5 Jun 2001, Scott Venier wrote: > Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 22:43:24 -0400 (EDT) > From: Scott Venier <scottven(a)umich.edu> > Reply-To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] routing table question > > The hanging is because it's trying to do a DNS lookup on 192.168.1.1. > running it with the -n switch will fix that. Could you paste the output > of route -n to us? I'd like to see what ip address millie.mills.cu is. > And include the output of 'ifconfig eth0' just so we have a complete > picture. > > Scott > > On Tue, 5 Jun 2001, Bill Mills-Curran wrote: > > > My routing table definitely looks wrong to me: > > > > > route > > Kernel IP routing table > > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface > > 192.168.1.0 millie.mills.cu 255.255.255.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 > > 192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 > > 127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo > > default 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 > > > > > > And, "route" hangs for a while before printing the last line. My > > network response is fine. > > > > Comments? > > > > TIA, > > Bill > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

June 6, 2001

Re: [Wlug] routing table question, second thought

by doug waud

Bill Mills-Curran wrote: I missed that -n omission first time round :-( (thanks to Bill M-C for picking up on that!) so my comments about the last line's "default" being odd are wrong. As the route -n output shows, default is, indeed the 0.0.0.0 it should be. That first line still looks redundant to me. doug -- Douglas R Waud 17 Lantern Lane, Shrewsbury, MA, 01545-2006 http://www.ummed.edu/pub/d/drw/

June 6, 2001

Re: [Wlug] routing table question

by doug waud

Bill Mills-Curran wrote: > > My routing table definitely looks wrong to me: > > > route > Kernel IP routing table > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface > 192.168.1.0 millie.mills.cu 255.255.255.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 > 192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 > 127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo > default 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 > > Comments? "Comments/" is a dangerous thing to write :-) The second line looks right to me. The first line then becomes suspect since you do not need a gateway (as in the G of UG) to the network you are part of. In turn, that default on the last line also makes me suspicious. To set up my default gateway, I type something like route add default gw 192.168.1.1 and I get a line in the route -n output that looks like 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 with no default in the first position but rather the more reasonable 0.0.0.0 which, with the rest of the line says to go to 192.168.1.1 for anything outside of the local network. The combination of these two features makes me wonder whether you are mistyping the route command to set up the GW line. When I get something like those two lines I get rid of them and reenter what I then hope to be :-) a more syntactically correct route command and then check route -n to see if I got it right. Hope this helps a bit. :-) > And, "route" hangs for a while before printing the last line. I can't comment on that :-( doug -- Douglas R Waud 17 Lantern Lane, Shrewsbury, MA, 01545-2006 http://www.ummed.edu/pub/d/drw/

June 6, 2001

Re: [Wlug] routing table question

by Scott Venier

The hanging is because it's trying to do a DNS lookup on 192.168.1.1. running it with the -n switch will fix that. Could you paste the output of route -n to us? I'd like to see what ip address millie.mills.cu is. And include the output of 'ifconfig eth0' just so we have a complete picture. Scott On Tue, 5 Jun 2001, Bill Mills-Curran wrote: > My routing table definitely looks wrong to me: > > > route > Kernel IP routing table > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface > 192.168.1.0 millie.mills.cu 255.255.255.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 > 192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 > 127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo > default 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 > > > And, "route" hangs for a while before printing the last line. My > network response is fine. > > Comments? > > TIA, > Bill > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

June 6, 2001

routing table question

by Bill Mills-Curran

My routing table definitely looks wrong to me: > route Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 192.168.1.0 millie.mills.cu 255.255.255.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo default 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 And, "route" hangs for a while before printing the last line. My network response is fine. Comments? TIA, Bill

June 6, 2001

Re: [Wlug] dual PII/PIII motherboard of questionable origin up for grabs

by Brian J. Conway

> I'd be interested. I'm currently running a dual P5-233 > system, and I'd really like to upgrade it. I'd consider > donating my older board and CPUs (or some proceeds from > its sale) to the WLUG/WPILA if it works out OK. Please > let me know. Sorry, it's been claimed. Brian J. Conway dogbert(a)clue4all.net

June 5, 2001