Continuing on...

What's the best (or even any) way to compile software to run on the
board.  It seems that I should be able to build an initrd and a rootfs
from the 1.0-stable SVN tree.  Is there a favorite, or recommended
cross compiler I should use?  Back in the old days, the rage was to
compile the cross compiler from scratch.  Is that still the route
everybody follows, or are there Debian/Ubuntu packages that work out
of the box?  And what's the deal with arm vs. armel anyway?

Sorry for all of the questions... they'll slow down once my current
place & route finishes and I need to pay attention to what I'm doing
again :-)

--wpd