Andrew L. Gould wrote: > I am considering installing Debian on a Mobilepro 780. A search of the > website shows that the chip, NEC VR4121 , is supported by the mips port, but > I still have the following questions: > > 1. Is the NEC VR4121 supported by mips or mipsel?
mips is big endian, mipsel is little endian. Mips cpus can usually do both, it's defined by the firmware what is needed. I guess your system wants mipsel like all those WinCE devices. > 2. How do I install Debian to a CF card on the Mobilepro? (Are the steps the It's not supported by the installer, so you have to manually debootstrap a basic debian system on the CF Card, and figure out how the device can boot from it. Thiemo
