A "Brandie-newish" Netwinder joins my GNU Zoo!
This is a nifty little box! Kind of like a "Linux iMac", but
probably not for beginners. An auxiliary server with
nfs and tftp is pretty much a must for these things, with
no floppy or cdrom they are tough nuts to crack!
The way to "recover" a pre-owned netwinder without
a root password involves net-booting a debian rescue
image. It is non-trivial, but I managed to get the job
done, and maybe learned a bit in the process.
I think I am going to retire the HP9000 715/80 as my Hurd
debugger box and go with the new guy instead. The
Netwinder has the fascinating possibility of being the
second host platform for the GNU OS. You can bet I'll
be trying to compile gnumach and oskit on this little
thing.
It seems kind of strange, but if it worked, you could run
the Hurd on a Compaq iPaq and all kinds of SA1110 PDA's.
Why you would want to do this is beyond me, but it does
seem intriguing.
Party on Hurdsters!
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