Hi Andy

Thanks allot for your instructions. Looks quite straight forward, but from my 
expirience with upgrading from 1.6 to 1.6.1 the hassles are coming while doing 
it. I think i'll check in how to set up a machine where i can crosscompile for 
the Qube first.

USB is running on my NetBSD 1.6ZJ kernel i patched and compiled, i really 
wonder if those patches made it to the 2.0 distribution.
Cause i have still problem with the usb dev files:

qube:/dev # /dev/MAKEDEV usbs
/dev/MAKEDEV: usb: unknown device
/dev/MAKEDEV: usb0: unknown device
/dev/MAKEDEV: usb1: unknown device
/dev/MAKEDEV: usb2: unknown device
/dev/MAKEDEV: usb3: unknown device
/dev/MAKEDEV: usb4: unknown device
/dev/MAKEDEV: usb5: unknown device
/dev/MAKEDEV: usb6: unknown device
/dev/MAKEDEV: usb7: unknown device
/dev/MAKEDEV: uhid0: unknown device
/dev/MAKEDEV: uhid1: unknown device
/dev/MAKEDEV: uhid2: unknown device
/dev/MAKEDEV: uhid3: unknown device
/dev/MAKEDEV: ulpt0: unknown device
/dev/MAKEDEV: ulpt1: unknown device
/dev/MAKEDEV: ttyU0: unknown device
/dev/MAKEDEV: ttyU1: unknown device
/dev/MAKEDEV: urio0: unknown device
/dev/MAKEDEV: uscanner0: unknown device
/dev/MAKEDEV: uscanner1: unknown device
/dev/MAKEDEV: ugen0: unknown device


Kiyohara made some sugestions in: http://mail-index.netbsd.
org/port-cobalt/2004/02/18/0003.html but that did not solve the problem

with display i meant the lcd panel on the back, here the problem was that 
paneld is using more or less all cpu.

cheers

Andreas



On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 08:17:12 -0700, Andy Ruhl wrote
> On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 13:20:12 +0200, Andreas Fuchs <fox@tcnet.ch> wrote:
> > Hello
> > 
> > I have a running Qube2 with NetBSD 1.6.1 and i wonder if it is possible to
> > upgrade to 2.0
> 
> It's possible to run, but I'm not sure how successful it is to
> upgrade. I did it so long ago I can't really remember.
> 
> > - are there some short instructions somewhere?
> 
> No, but I'll give it a shot.
> 
> > - does it make sense ?
> 
> Of course. Well, depending on your sensibilities :) You can probably
> run 1.6.1 for a while, or just update to the 1.6 stable branch and
> leave it at that if you like.
> 
> > - is pci and usb support now included
> 
> PCI support has always been included. USB support can be added, I
> don't think anyone actually added it into this kernel. This also
> implies, of course, that you have a USB card to use. If not, the USB
> built into the Qube has no external connectors.
> 
> > - is there still patching neede for the display
> 
> Display? Which display? Are you planning on using a pci video card? I
> was going to try that but I could never find one that would fit 
> inside the Qube. It's a little tight in there...
> 
> OK, in order to be successful at upgrading, you need to know 
> something about the fundamentals of NetBSD. These directions aren't 
> going to be wrong, but they may be incomplete just because I've been 
> doing this so long. I take no responsibility if this doesn't go right!
> 
> If you don't have a serial cable connected to get a serial console,
> then don't do this. You can't install a new OS while you are in multi
> user mode, unless someone can tell me different.
> 
> Here are the VERY simplfied steps:
> 
> 1. Download and install the GENERIC NetBSD 2.0 kernel. Get it here:
> 
> ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-2.0/cobalt/binary/sets/kern-GENERIC.
tgz
> 
> Unpack this, but do it someplace other than /:
> 
> # cd /someplace 
> # tar xvzpf kern-GENERIC.tgz
> 
> Copy your current kernel to a different name:
> 
> # cd /
> # cp netbsd netbsd.1.6.1 (or something)
> 
> Copy in your new kernel:
> 
> # cp /someplace/netbsd /
> 
> Reboot. It should boot cleanly, and you should have a 2.0 kernel
> running with a 1.6.1 userland  at this point. I can't remember for
> sure if this is a good idea or not to do this part... I'm pretty sure
> it worked for me, but I started in the 2.0 branch quite a while 
> before it was released, I'm not sure how much is changed.
> 
> Ok, the next part, you're kind of on your own. This is a step for 
> semi advanced NetBSD users.
> 
> 2. Go to single user mode, save your old /etc, unpack the sets, then 
> reboot.
> 
> First you should download the sets somewhere. They are here:
> 
> ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-2.0/cobalt/binary/sets/
> 
> Then copy your old etc directory:
> 
> cp -r /etc /etc.old
> 
> Then move all the sets to the / directory. Then unpack them:
> 
> tar xvzpf sets.tgz
> 
> Then reboot. This is where it's a good idea to have a serial console,
> because I *think* the cobalt is going to boot the kernel, find that
> rc_configured=NO, then dump you into single user mode. At this point,
> you can manually set up /etc to your liking, set up your users,
> whatever, and then bring it up to multi user mode.
> 
> All the software you had running before you should re-compile for the
> new kernel, and also to get the latest rc.d scripts for them to 
> start, if necessary.
> 
> Ok, that's about the best I can do on short notice. If you don't
> understand it, just don't do it. maybe I can answer a few questions,
> but this type of install is basically a manual install with no
> sysinst. It's a real good idea to learn how to do this, you really
> learn a lot about the way NetBSD boots.
> 
> Note that if you have another NetBSD machine, this is all quite a bit
> easier to do if you just take the disk out of the Qube, put it in the
> other NetBSD machine, then set up the disk that way. If you have the
> space, you can always dump it too just in case.
> 
> I think someone might be working on the 2.0 install CD, but this
> probably won't be an upgrade, it will be a clean install.
> 
> Andy


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