Subject: Re: Question on the Qube 2700?
To: None <port-cobalt@netbsd.org>
From: Brandon Shiers <BrandonS@wyoming.com>
List: port-cobalt
Date: 11/20/2003 11:29:51
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On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 07:53:27AM -0700, Brandon Shiers wrote:
> Has anybody got NetBSD installed on a Qube 2700? I have tried but have no
> luck. I get the restore CD and can boot off it on my i386 PC. I get that
> system up and then netboot the Qube. It says net booting, and then the
> screen goes blank and the link light on the nic goes on and off, on and
> off. The HDD is a virgin HDD (well right now I'm running the Qube restore
> CD). Everything is jumpered right. Per some previous posts this year on
> the 2700, it looks like the box is loading the kernel and trying to build
> /dev.
I fear this is what Ray Dekens has reported quite a while ago. That is, the
kernel fails to initialize Tulip card properly. The driver times out during
setup saying "filter setup and transmit timeout", then re-initilizes the card
and tries the same thing again, this is why nic leds are blinking. I suspect
interrupt setup and/or handling is broken for 2700, but we have not succeeded
in fixing it yet.
I also wonder if anyone got 2700 to work.
It would be great if somebody had. I'd love nothing more than to run
NetBSD on my Qube 2700. I think it must be something with the box itself
as you mention because the machine I booted the restore cd off of had a
tulip-based nic and it works just fine.
SY,
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<pre>On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 07:53:27AM -0700, Brandon Shiers wrote:
> Has anybody got NetBSD installed on a Qube 2700? I have tried
but have no
> luck. I get the restore CD and can boot off it on my i386
PC. I get that
> system up and then netboot the Qube. It says net booting, and
then the
> screen goes blank and the link light on the nic goes on and off, on
and
> off. The HDD is a virgin HDD (well right now I'm running the
Qube restore
> CD). Everything is jumpered right. Per some previous
posts this year on
> the 2700, it looks like the box is loading the kernel and trying to
build
> /dev.
I fear this is what Ray Dekens has reported quite a while ago. That
is, the
kernel fails to initialize Tulip card properly. The driver times out
during
setup saying "filter setup and transmit timeout", then
re-initilizes the card
and tries the same thing again, this is why nic leds are blinking. I
suspect
interrupt setup and/or handling is broken for 2700, but we have not
succeeded
in fixing it yet.
I also wonder if anyone got 2700 to work.
It would be great if somebody had. I'd love nothing more than to
run NetBSD on my Qube 2700. I think it must be something with the
box itself as you mention because the machine I booted the restore cd off
of had a tulip-based nic and it works just fine.
SY,
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