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On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 06:17:37PM -0000, WarlockD wrote:
> Ugh, I got it up!  I have a Seagate NASRAQ; witches use the same board
> as the Cobalt, and have it running wonderfully with NetBSD 1.6.  Much
> better than running it on Linux 2.0 I can tell you:P
> 
> Anyway I have a few questions.  I tried compiling and running the kernel
> with SCSI, but it hangs when it tries probing the scsibus0.  I tried it
> with and without a scsi device but gives the same problem.  I got the
> dmesg if anyone wants me to post it.

The siop(4) driver is known to be broken on at least some types of
Cobalts.

> Also, how is the LCD driver coming?  I looked at the older posts and I
> see the driver and code, but I was wondering how far it progressed.  Is
> that code already in the syssrc.tgz tree or do I have to manually put it
> in?

There is no driver yet. Some people have shown interest in writing
one, but I don't know that anyone has done so.

> Now this is more of a programming thing, but I am still learning about
> Netbsd.  Can I just write a simple program (aka lcdctl) and just
> directly access the LCD that way?  Are the address that were giving in

You can use it by writing a userspace driver, yes.

> previous posts, work with the Seagate NASRAQ?

Most likely, yes.

> Oh, and is there a BETER fdisk than what netbsd comes with?  When I

Nope.

> first did it, I had forgotten that disklabel and fdisk are two separate
> things.  I ended up having to boot off a Linux CD to partition the drive
> correctly before I could run disklabel.  I know it's not hard, but I
> have always liked interactive fdisk programs

The whole concept of partitioning on NetBSD needs an overhaul, not
least on NetBSD/cobalt..


-- 
Soren