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Re: Re: Re: about kurobox



Even more things here http://www5.atwiki.jp/kuro-bsd/pages/4.html#id_db1f4f13
NetBSD 4 booted well :-)

On Sun, Mar 30 2008 - 12:47, Joel CARNAT wrote:
> I kept the documentation I used here:
> http://www.tumfatig.net/docs/20_hard/machine/Kurobox%20-%20install%20debian.html
> http://www.tumfatig.net/docs/20_hard/machine/Kurobox%20-%20install%20netbsd.html
> They are from the kurobox wiki.
> 
> To install the box another way I was thinking of:
> - buy the disk
> - plug the disk, via an USB adaptor, to you laptop
> - partition, untar, ... the NetBSD stuff onto the disk
> - tune the installation (add ssh, network, ...)
> - plug the disk into the kurobox and boot it.
> As I said, that's what I did with my landisk and it's quite easier than the 
> method described above :-)
> 
> As far as I understand, netbsd_load is what you describe.
> I wanted to know if there were any other method to boot NetBSD.
> 
> Regards,
>       Jo
> 
> On Sat, Mar 29 2008 - 21:23, Daniel LaBell wrote:
> >
> > On Mar 29, 2008, at 1:53 PM, Joel CARNAT wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I got a Kurobox HG on which I now run netbsd-3.
> > I have a Kurobox  , the original model.  I posted about 2 years ago, and 
> > didn't get very far, did a fair amount of research, but no progress.  Did 
> > netbsd-3 add support for the kurobox?
> > If so, someone pinch me... If not can you share what ever method you used, 
> > even if it's ad-hoc?
> > I especially want to know if the kernel works w/o modifications.
> >
> >>
> >> Here are a few questions about this hardware/port:
> >> 1. I did not found any release for HEAD or netbsd-4 on the daily FTP.
> >>    Is a release generated for kurobox or do I have to cross-compile it
> >>    myself ?
> >
> >
> > I think one will have to build it , and build an install image, and tune 
> > the ram disk
> > from the standard, to allow telnet or ssh login to do the install, since 
> > there isn't really a console on the box.
> >
> >> 2. Do I have to keep the linux installation on the disk ?
> >>    On my landisk, I can have a stand-alone NetBSD installation, build
> >>    from my /i386 laptop on the disk and pluggued back into the box.
> > You're talking about removing the drive, getting it right and , putting it 
> > back? And on
> > a different product? If the hg is like the original, it's no picnic taking 
> > the drive in and out.
> >
> >> 3. How I am suppose to upgrade the kernel ?
> >>    Should I boot into the linux install and run netbsd_load with the
> >>    new kernel, or can this be done from within the NetBSD installation ?
> >>
> >
> > Ok. Please tell me what "netbsd_load" is;  last I heard on kuro there was 
> > only a linux kernel module that could also boot netbsd, but was basically 
> > designed to chain load another linux over what's in flash. 


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