OpenBSD on a Sharp Zaurus Linux-based PDA from 2005? Of course, why not?
Installing OpenBSD was easy. The instructions in INSTALL.zaurus are pretty straightforward. My 5.6 install was smooth. Installing sets took ~10-15 minutes. The Microdrive is really slow. I’ll replace it with a CF card soon, which should be slightly faster (and more reliable).
↫ goldfish
Of course, it includes a working X desktop, which is neat and makes the device a lot more useful. I have a slightly older Zaurus PDA, and this post has made me interested in doing something similar to it.
OpenBSD has had Sharp Zaurus support for (or at least development started in 2004 (OpenBSD 3.6)
They discontinued support after 6.0 as nobody used it. NetBSD still supports Zaurus, but “Of course it runs NetBSD”.
Ahh, sorry, I guess I skimmed the article.
Hope you have lots of fun with the project.
In some ways: Intel XScale is such an interesting thing most people would not think Intel ever produced ARM in the past.
I still have an iPaq laying around somewhere from running Linux on it. Long time ago.
Hello! Thanks for posting my little project! I’m currently attempting to get the latest NetBSD to boot (which is still supported, but doesn’t seem to work on my device).
I was able to backport partial audio support from OpenBSD 5.5, as it was disabled in 5.4 for some bugs.
I got a few WiFi CF cards and none of them worked, but I’ll keep trying…