FreeBSD in the DS?

2006-05-13 Thread Alex Johnson
I am aware that FreeBSD's claim to fame is that it has been ported to "anything with a processor". So, I am wondering if it'd be possible to get my hands on a method for modding the DS's boot EPROM to load a FreeBSD operating system, and with it a means for storing or retrieving data along the li

Re: FreeBSD in the DS?

2006-05-13 Thread Alex Johnson
. Any used game store just ask for a Nintendo DS - if someone on the list doesn't already own one, I don't really want to ask people to buy things they'd never use. On 5/13/06, Jeff Rollin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 14/05/06, Alex Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > &

Re: FreeBSD in the DS?

2006-05-13 Thread Alex Johnson
Yes, the Nintendo kind. It seems more than capable, technologically, of supporting a REAL OS such as FreeBSD, something beyond its standard EPROM startup screen, to me. Is that a supported architecture? And if not, is NetBSD free or open source? On 5/13/06, Jeff Rollin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: FreeBSD in the DS?

2006-05-13 Thread Alex Johnson
Alright. That's all I needed to know, thanks! On 5/13/06, Jeff Rollin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 14/05/06, Alex Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, the Nintendo kind. It seems more than capable, technologically, > of supporting a REAL OS such as FreeBSD, som