Re: noob question ....

[Nick Hudson <skrll%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On 02/04/15 03:44, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
> .... I am so new to NetBSD that I am not (yet) using it. I plan to buy 
> a Raspberry Pi B+ & a Pi-2 model B specifically to try out NetBSD.

rpi2 isn't supported yet, but I got one yesterday, so it shouldn't be long.


> I (think I) would like to run 6.1.5 for presumed stability and 
> fit-&-finish. I poked around in 
> http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-6.1.5/evbarm/binary/sets/ & 
> noticed an RPI kernel. However, in 
> http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-6.1.5/evbarm/binary/gzimg/ I 
> see no pre-built image, which would definitely ease installation. I do 
> notice images in Daily & NetBSD7. How much trouble would it be to 
> supply prebuilt images for 6.1.5-RPi ? For that matter, how about ARM 
> v6 & v7 (again like Daily & NetBSD7) :-) ? TIA for any info.

You really need NetBSD 7 or -current for rpi.

http://wiki.netbsd.org/ports/evbarm/raspberry_pi/

Should help.

Let us know if you think it needs improving.

Nick