Programming an ARM based netbook

[Ruediger Leibrandt <ruediger.leibrandt@gmx.de>]

Hello!

Is there like a rule of thumb that it is possible to program an ARM ( Marvell 
PXA270 ) based netbook over the serial port? Basically all I want to do is 
identify the bootloader - probably uboot or redboot - and then modify it in 
so far as to permit me to boot from another device than the internal NAND 
Flash. The unit is an Impulse NPX-9000; longterm I'd love to test Debian 
armel on it, too. Furthermore I have following problem: On Familiar Linux 
there is an Xfbdev X-Server; on Debian Etch, Lenny and Sid I only find the 
normal full blown Xorg server. Is there a repository, for Debian Lenny 
ideally, that carries the Xfbdev X-Server?
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Rüdiger Leibrandt