Novacom on Windows - Revision history

Dbgod: Added instructions for preparing Pre for novacom

2009-10-20T00:20:27Z

Added instructions for preparing Pre for novacom

Dbgod: Novcom on Windows moved to Novacom on Windows: typo in title

2009-10-20T00:15:23Z

Novcom on Windows moved to Novacom on Windows: typo in title

ChodaBoy: Capitalization

2009-09-22T19:32:59Z

Capitalization

RodWhitby at 14:01, 25 July 2009

2009-07-25T14:01:38Z

RodWhitby: Removed the optware boostrap stuff, cause that is explained elsewhere.

2009-07-25T14:00:48Z

Removed the optware boostrap stuff, cause that is explained elsewhere.

Rboatright: longer intro

2009-07-24T12:06:49Z

longer intro

Rboatright at 04:31, 24 July 2009

2009-07-24T04:31:21Z

Rboatright: Novcom on Windos moved to Novcom on Windows: spelling error in title

2009-07-24T04:20:01Z

Novcom on Windos moved to Novcom on Windows: spelling error in title

Rboatright at 04:19, 24 July 2009

2009-07-24T04:19:43Z

Rboatright: New page: Windows lacks an "xterm" program. So no full blown terminal program is available for windows to communicate with the Pre via novacom. Never the less, Palm has provided all the tools yo...

2009-07-24T04:08:40Z

New page: Windows lacks an "xterm" program. So no full blown terminal program is available for windows to communicate with the Pre via novacom. Never the less, Palm has provided all the tools yo...

New page

Windows lacks an "xterm" program. So no full blown terminal program is available for windows to communicate with the Pre via novacom.

Never the less, Palm has provided all the tools you need to access the linux on your Pre from windows without any additional software.

# Install the Palm Pre SDK accepting all defaults
# Open a command session. You will be at some C:\> directory -- which one doesn't matter
# type
'''cd \program files\palm\sdk\bin'''
: Your prompt will change to
'''C:\program files\palm\sdk\bin\>'''
# Type
'''novacom -t open tty://'''
: Your prompt will change to '''root@castle:/# ←[J'''
# Type
'''cd /tmp'''
: your prompt will change to '''root@castle:/tmp#'''
# Type
wget http://gitorious.org/webos-internals/bootstrap/blobs/raw/master/optware-bootstrap.sh
: You will see a reply that looks like this:
wget http://gitorious.org/webos-internals/bootstrap/blobs/raw/
master/optware-bootstrap.sh
Connecting to gitorious.org (87.238.52.168:80)
optware-bootstrap.sh 100% |*******************************| 20968 00:00:00 ETA
root@castle:/tmp#
# type
sh optware-bootstrap.sh
: Follow the on-screen instructions to set up your Pre.

You may see a warning that when you enter a password for your new user, that the password is too weak. Simply ignore this warning and type the same password again. The program will accept whatever password you use, it just warns you about weakness.

Eventually you will see a message
'''Setup complete'''
'''root@castle:/tmp#

Press CTRL-C to exit from the novacom session and close your dos window.

If you have not yet downloaded putty.exe, get it from [http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/putty.exe the offical putty download]. this is a bare exe, there is no install. Save it to any directory where you will know where it is.

Run putty.exe and open a connection to your pre

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 * Install the Palm Pre SDK accepting all defaults
 * Open a command session.  You will be at some C:\> directory -- which one doesn't matter
 * type

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 Windows lacks an "xterm" program.  So no full blown terminal program is available for windows to communicate with the Pre via novacom.
-Never the less, Palm has provided all the tools you need to access the linux on your Pre from windows without any additional software. THe only problem with it is, you only get a command line, you can't get a fully interactive terminal. So, the very first thing you're going to want to do is to install the "next steps" package so that you can log into your Pre with a terminal program.
+Never the less, Palm has provided all the tools you need to access the linux on your Pre from windows without any additional software. The only problem with it is, you only get a command line, you can't get a fully interactive terminal. So, the very first thing you're going to want to do is to install the "next steps" package so that you can log into your Pre with a terminal program.
 * Install the Palm Pre SDK accepting all defaults

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 Never the less, Palm has provided all the tools you need to access the linux on your Pre from windows without any additional software. THe only problem with it is, you only get a command line, you can't get a fully interactive terminal. So, the very first thing you're going to want to do is to install the "next steps" package so that you can log into your Pre with a terminal program.
 * Install the Palm Pre SDK accepting all defaults
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   '''cd /tmp'''
 : your prompt will change to '''root@castle:/tmp#'''

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 Windows lacks an "xterm" program.  So no full blown terminal program is available for windows to communicate with the Pre via novacom.
-Never the less, Palm has provided all the tools you need to access the linux on your Pre from windows without any additional software.
+Never the less, Palm has provided all the tools you need to access the linux on your Pre from windows without any additional software. THe only problem with it is, you only get a command line, you can't get a fully interactive terminal. So, the very first thing you're going to want to do is to install the "next steps" package so that you can log into your Pre with a terminal program.
 You will be setting up wifi access.  After this process is done you will be able to get to your pre using the putty ssh program via wifi.

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	Congratulations.		Congratulations.
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		+	[[optware-bootstrap.sh]]

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   '''novacom -t open tty://'''
 : Your prompt will change to '''root@castle:/# ←[J'''
-* Type
- '''cd /tmp'''
+You are now at the Linux prompt on your Pre.

← Older revision	Revision as of 04:20, 24 July 2009
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 Never the less, Palm has provided all the tools you need to access the linux on your Pre from windows without any additional software.
-# Install the Palm Pre SDK accepting all defaults
+You will be setting up wifi access.  After this process is done you will be able to get to your pre using the putty ssh program via wifi.
-# Open a command session.  You will be at some C:\> directory -- which one doesn't matter
-# type
+* Install the Palm Pre SDK accepting all defaults
   '''cd \program files\palm\sdk\bin'''
 : Your prompt will change to
   '''C:\program files\palm\sdk\bin\>'''
-# Type
+* Type
   '''novacom -t open tty://'''
 : Your prompt will change to '''root@castle:/# ←[J'''
-# Type
+* Type
   '''cd /tmp'''
 : your prompt will change to '''root@castle:/tmp#'''
-# Type
+* Type
   wget http://gitorious.org/webos-internals/bootstrap/blobs/raw/master/optware-bootstrap.sh
 : You will see a reply that looks like this:
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   optware-bootstrap.sh 100% |*******************************| 20968  00:00:00 ETA
   root@castle:/tmp#
-# type
+* type
   sh optware-bootstrap.sh
 : Follow the on-screen instructions to set up your Pre.
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 Run putty.exe and open a connection to your pre