iLiad iLiad Development VMWare image

Adam B. · 03-30-2007, 12:28 PM

Filename: iliad-dev.tar.bz2
Filesize: 756MB
MD5: 5ee0c35a5000f90aad0acc66c6ee70d8

Mirror #1 (MobileRead): http://projects.mobileread.com/iliad...ad-dev.tar.bz2
Mirror #2 (4dots): http://down.4dots.com/projects/iliad-dev.tar.bz2

On Windows, you'll need a program like WinRar (shareware) or 7-zip (open source freeware) to extract it.

This file is a trimmed down version of the VMware virtual image that I am using for development. It has *many* libraries already compiled and installed. It also has vncserver setup and an iLiad scratchbox area for testing apps.

Login Information:
Username: root
Password: password

Username: developer
Password: password

VNC Server password: password

How to use:
Download VMWare Player or Server: http://www.vmware.com/download/player/

Install player, and open virtual machine. It should start and run without problems. I reccmend you connect to the machine through putty on windows, since it is a better interface for console development.

To change between development and testing environments, type sb-menu at the prompt, and then choose select. You will want to select iliad-dev for compiling applications, and iliad-irex for testing.

You can find instructions for compiling here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...8&postcount=35 or https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Ilia...cial_toolchain

Alexander Turcic · 03-30-2007, 12:33 PM

Great! I will snap it as soon as it's on Megashare, then we can also host it @ MobileRead.

Adam, what Linux distribution did you pick?

Adam B. · 03-30-2007, 12:45 PM

I used debian. I installed it with very minimal options. This let me keep the file size down, and lets users run with with minimal overhead. You can apt-get gnome or whatever window manager you want if you like, but I prefer it without. I've set this up by following Antartica's instructions in the wiki.

henkvdg · 03-30-2007, 12:47 PM

You probably could use rapidshare.com

henkvdg · 03-30-2007, 12:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adam B.

Edit: oops, hit submit too soon. It'll be up in less than an hour.

<Link to be inserted here> - (842MB)

Install player, and open virtual machine. It should start and run without problems. I reccmend you connect to the machine through putty on windows, since it is a better interface for console development.

To change between development and testing environments, type sb-menu at the prompt, and then choose select. You will want to select iliad-dev for compiling applications, and iliad-irex for testing.

You can find instructions for compiling and testing here: https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Ilia...cial_toolchain

Also, if anyone knows a better place to put a file this large, let me know. Megashares is nice, but it must have 7 downloads every 25 days to keep it alive...

You probably need a program like dropbear on the iLiad, to be able to run stuff remotely and to make screenshots, right?

And could you publish your version of AbiWord here as well? Please.

Adam B. · 03-30-2007, 12:55 PM

My browser just crashed with 10% remaining... I'm uploading it again.

On the plus side, this time I used bzip compression, and it reduced the file size by almost 100MB.

I consider dropbear almost a necessity when testing programs on the iLiad. You will need it for making screenshots, and fro running programs without using the contentlister.

To be honest, I don't know what will happen when you try to run abiword on the iLiad in it's current state. It probably just won't run. With a program that big and complicated, it think it'd be best to wait until I do some testing and debugging before releasing any version.

henkvdg · 03-30-2007, 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adam B.

My browser just crashed with 10% remaining... I'm uploading it again.

I consider dropbear almost a necessity when testing programs on the iLiad. You will need it for making screenshots, and fro running programs without using the contentlister.

To be honest, I don't know what will happen when you try to run abiword on the iLiad in it's current state. It probably just won't run. With a program that big and complicated, it think it'd be best to wait until I do some testing and debugging before releasing any version.

OK, I'll wait

Your iLiad is in the mail??
Will you receive a developers unit?

Adam B. · 03-30-2007, 12:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by henkvdg

OK, I'll wait

Your iLiad is in the mail??
Will you receive a developers unit?

Due to shipping issues, my iLiad is currently on it's way to their repair center now. It'll probably be another week and a half before I get it back. I most likely won't recieve a developer unit because I'm not a strong enough kernel/driver developer to be the head of that project.

vranghel · 03-30-2007, 02:47 PM

Adam, if you want, I could host the file on my dreamhost account. PM me if you're interested.

Alexander Turcic · 03-30-2007, 02:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vranghel

Adam, if you want, I could host the file on my dreamhost account. PM me if you're interested.

That'd be cool. With a few mirrors plus perhaps Rapidshare&Co, we should be fine.

splat · 03-30-2007, 02:59 PM

How about setting up a torrent for it.

Adam B. · 03-30-2007, 03:01 PM

I put up a link to the megashare file. I didn't realize they had download limits....I'll try rapidshare as well. I can setup a torrent when I get home.

Anyone is free to mirror/host this wherever they'd like.

Edit: Rapidshare has a 100mb upload limit...

Edit Again: files-upload.com has unlimited downloads, and a 1gb file size limit. I'm uploading to there now.

Alexander Turcic · 03-30-2007, 03:15 PM

Adam perhaps it's easier if you ftp it to projects.mr.com... from there we could more easily distribute it to mirrors.

splat: I am not a BT expert, but someone here mentioned earlier that for a successful torrent you need a critical mass of file sharers. I am not sure how many people will actually be interested in the development image and share it.

henkvdg · 03-30-2007, 03:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alexander Turcic

Adam perhaps it's easier if you ftp it to projects.mr.com... from there we could more easily distribute it to mirrors.

splat: I am not a BT expert, but someone here mentioned earlier that for a successful torrent you need a critical mass of file sharers. I am not sure how many people will actually be interested in the development image and share it.

Maybe Irex could also put a standard Dev-Pack on it's own server or send it as a DVD to developers who want it. Thus inviting people to develop for the iLiad.

Adam B. · 03-30-2007, 03:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alexander Turcic

Adam perhaps it's easier if you ftp it to projects.mr.com... from there we could more easily distribute it to mirrors.

splat: I am not a BT expert, but someone here mentioned earlier that for a successful torrent you need a critical mass of file sharers. I am not sure how many people will actually be interested in the development image and share it.

I'll start that once my current upload finishes. Right now I'm maxing out the upload bandwidth on my work's T1.

And correct, bittorrent is only a good solution if there are quite a few people downloading the file. With the handful of people who will want this, I doubt it will be very effective.

03-30-2007, 12:55 PM	#6
Adam B. Addicted to Porting Posts: 1,697 Karma: 7194 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Indianapolis, IN Device: iRex iLiad, Nokia 770, Samsung i760	My browser just crashed with 10% remaining... I'm uploading it again. On the plus side, this time I used bzip compression, and it reduced the file size by almost 100MB. I consider dropbear almost a necessity when testing programs on the iLiad. You will need it for making screenshots, and fro running programs without using the contentlister. To be honest, I don't know what will happen when you try to run abiword on the iLiad in it's current state. It probably just won't run. With a program that big and complicated, it think it'd be best to wait until I do some testing and debugging before releasing any version. Last edited by Adam B.; 03-30-2007 at 12:58 PM.

03-30-2007, 03:01 PM	#12
Adam B. Addicted to Porting Posts: 1,697 Karma: 7194 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Indianapolis, IN Device: iRex iLiad, Nokia 770, Samsung i760	I put up a link to the megashare file. I didn't realize they had download limits....I'll try rapidshare as well. I can setup a torrent when I get home. Anyone is free to mirror/host this wherever they'd like. Edit: Rapidshare has a 100mb upload limit... Edit Again: files-upload.com has unlimited downloads, and a 1gb file size limit. I'm uploading to there now. Last edited by Adam B.; 03-30-2007 at 03:13 PM.

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03-30-2007, 12:28 PM	#1
Adam B. Addicted to Porting Posts: 1,697 Karma: 7194 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Indianapolis, IN Device: iRex iLiad, Nokia 770, Samsung i760	iLiad Development VMWare image Filename: iliad-dev.tar.bz2 Filesize: 756MB MD5: 5ee0c35a5000f90aad0acc66c6ee70d8 Mirror #1 (MobileRead): http://projects.mobileread.com/iliad...ad-dev.tar.bz2 Mirror #2 (4dots): http://down.4dots.com/projects/iliad-dev.tar.bz2 On Windows, you'll need a program like WinRar (shareware) or 7-zip (open source freeware) to extract it. This file is a trimmed down version of the VMware virtual image that I am using for development. It has many libraries already compiled and installed. It also has vncserver setup and an iLiad scratchbox area for testing apps. Login Information: Username: root Password: password Username: developer Password: password VNC Server password: password How to use: Download VMWare Player or Server: http://www.vmware.com/download/player/ Install player, and open virtual machine. It should start and run without problems. I reccmend you connect to the machine through putty on windows, since it is a better interface for console development. To change between development and testing environments, type sb-menu at the prompt, and then choose select. You will want to select iliad-dev for compiling applications, and iliad-irex for testing. You can find instructions for compiling here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...8&postcount=35 or https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Ilia...cial_toolchain Last edited by Alexander Turcic; 05-01-2010 at 05:41 AM. Reason: removed non-working download links

03-30-2007, 12:33 PM	#2
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,171 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	Great! I will snap it as soon as it's on Megashare, then we can also host it @ MobileRead. Adam, what Linux distribution did you pick?

03-30-2007, 12:45 PM	#3
Adam B. Addicted to Porting Posts: 1,697 Karma: 7194 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Indianapolis, IN Device: iRex iLiad, Nokia 770, Samsung i760	I used debian. I installed it with very minimal options. This let me keep the file size down, and lets users run with with minimal overhead. You can apt-get gnome or whatever window manager you want if you like, but I prefer it without. I've set this up by following Antartica's instructions in the wiki.

03-30-2007, 12:47 PM	#4
henkvdg Groupie Posts: 180 Karma: 66830 Join Date: Oct 2006 Device: IREX iLiad, Pocketbook Pro 903	You probably could use rapidshare.com

03-30-2007, 02:47 PM	#9
vranghel Addict Posts: 285 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Vancouver, Canada Device: Proud Iliad owner	Adam, if you want, I could host the file on my dreamhost account. PM me if you're interested.

03-30-2007, 02:59 PM	#11
splat Zealot Posts: 106 Karma: 348 Join Date: Dec 2006	How about setting up a torrent for it.

03-30-2007, 03:15 PM	#13
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,171 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	Adam perhaps it's easier if you ftp it to projects.mr.com... from there we could more easily distribute it to mirrors. splat: I am not a BT expert, but someone here mentioned earlier that for a successful torrent you need a critical mass of file sharers. I am not sure how many people will actually be interested in the development image and share it.

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