Good work!

Wait for the boffins to reply and then try and get the 4.99.16 cd
spot on, then post it, that'd be really usefull to everyone.

--- Rémi Zara <remi_zara@mac.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I wanted to report success in installing my "brand new" Cobalt Qube
> 2  
> with a restorecd for NetBSD 4.99.16 (200703280002 snapshot).
> If some one wants it, I can post it online.
> 
> I built the restorecd on a intel iMac on Mac OS X, it succeed but  
> with a few tweaks:
> The restorecd needs this diff to use the correct mknod:
> 
> 138c138
> <       cd $_nfsdir/dev && $sh ./MAKEDEV init panel
> ---
>  >       cd $_nfsdir/dev && $sh ./MAKEDEV -m $mknod init panel
> 216c216
> <       cd $_rootdir/dev && $sh ./MAKEDEV init
> ---
>  >       cd $_rootdir/dev && $sh ./MAKEDEV -m $mknod init
> 
> 
> Then, for a reason I do not understand very well, mostly because I 
> 
> did not dive into the whole process, just made it work, I had to
> slim  
> down the config for the i386 kernel to make it fit in boot-big.fs.
> Since there is a lot a space left on the CD, why should the i386  
> kernel be shrinked at all ?
> I also think the script could be modified as to not require
> mkisofs,  
> since it seems building the iso has been modified in current to not
>  
> use it.
> 
> So to sum up: You can "restore" a cobalt Qube2 from an intel mac  
> (with latest firmware, without bootcamp).
> Please also note that the restorecd present online (the 3.99.x one)
>  
> did not boot my iMac...
> 
> I want to add, for the archive sake, that I replaced the internal  
> drive by a 250 GB WD Caviar SE, and it works. Just make sure to set
>  
> the jumper to Master (without slave) so that it boots.
> 
> I noticed that the display on the LCD panel is not very "stable".
> for  
> instance, when booting, "[Starting Up]" on the first line is not  
> always correctly displayed. Some of the first characters are  
> sometimes not displayed, making the first line "move". Is this a  
> known issue (not that it is problematic in any way other than  
> aesthetics...) ?
> 
> I will follow up on some problems I encounter trying to run  
> postgresql on the beast.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Rémi Zara
> 
> 
> 
> 



Glyn Astill



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