A little guidance, please

[mimsmall]

I am retired and will use my 6000L to call up hotspots and my ISP through my bluetooth cell phone. As time goes by I'll use my desk top linux box less and less.
I'm a volunteer for my local circuit court and I convinced myself that I needed a PDA to keep track of my responsabilities. I have linux/debian derivative on my desk and now a linux PDA.

I knew the cdrom was for windows only, but I bought anyway. If push comes to shove my neighbor will let me use his machine to install the cdrom.

I've spent several hours looking through the 6000 forum. So much info is confusing.

Before I get involved with a windows machine I want to know if there are linux methods for installing the programs I want.

If there is a thread you think has an answer, just point me at it.

Thank You for helping clear my brain.

[lardman]

I think the 6000 can act as a mass storage device so you should be able to mount it under linux without having to use Windows.

It also (probably) runs a samba server, so you could access it via samba too.

Then, once you've mounted it, you can copy any ipks across and install them locally.


Si

[MeaninglessNick]

Here is what I did to get my 6000L talking to debian nicely. I am just giving you the outline;
the details I think I mostly got from forums here. If you can't locate the right threads, let me know.

A) Desktop side:

1) Rebuilt my kernel to include usbnet support. On debian, make-kpkg is a great help here.
Maybe your kernel already has it. try
# modprobe usbnet

2) added usb0 to /etc/default/ifplugd
INTERFACES="eth0 usb0"

ifplugd is an optional package for debian that configures network interfaces automatically when they show up.

3) added the following to /etc/network/interfaces
iface usb0 inet dhcp

B) SL6000 side.

0) Get a CF card.  There may be network ways  to get started, but this is much easier.
1) Copy the openssh .ipks to the CF card.
2) Plug the CF card into the zaurus
3) Install the openssh packages. I read that the graphical package installer might have problems, but it was ok for me.

Actually, if you want a simple life, then you could stick to transfering ipks via a CF card.

Now I use sftp to transfer packages from my linux box to the Z.  The first thing I
transfered was a terminal package.


So that's the viewpoint of a Linux guy.  If you want syncing, you will have to work a little more.

[Razzle]

You can also use the built-in wifi if you're having problems with usb.

[mimsmall]

Razzle, tell me more.
I do plan to use the built in wifi for hotspots, what else can I do with wifi?

[omega]

mimsmall - if you have a wireless network at home, you can ftp into it your linux box and grab the files. You can do this a lot easier by setting up a samba server on your linux box and you can mount that directory on your Zaurus so it looks local. Then you can enter that directory and install your files from there.