On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 19:51:14 +0200, J.N.M. Couzy <johan@couzy.nl> wrote:
> 
>  Hi Wayne,
> 
> That was actually not so very difficult.
> I downloaded the precompiled stuff from netbsd.org.
> Backed up my /etc directory.
> Unpacked the new stuff and restored /etc.
> Now I rebooted the qube and it came up well on 1.6.2
> The I downloaded the kernel source, recompiled my kernel with the famous NIC
> hack and the panel stuff.
> Another reboot and everything worked fine again.
> The I just recompiled all my previous stuff from pkgsrc.
> 
> NetBSD node-d-2b9b.a2000.nl 1.6.2 NetBSD 1.6.2 (COBALT) #0: Thu Jun 10
> 19:37:33 CEST 2004     root@:/usr/src/sys/arch/cobalt/compile/COBALT cobalt
> 
> It was some work, but I'm happy with it :=)
> 
> Johan
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wayne Ringling [mailto:wayne@tbnets.com]
> Sent: donderdag 24 juni 2004 19:34
> To: Administrator
> Subject: RE: Other qubes, raqs (actually, hard drive question)
> 
> Do you know of a how to for upgrading to 1.6.2 kernel and userland?
> Thanks.  I would love to put this thing live with 1.6.2. :)
> 
> Wayne
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2004-06-24 at 12:59, Administrator wrote:
> > Hi kenneth,
> >
> > Maybe you should send us your url here, so we can check every now and
> > then for new Qube stuff.
> > I have my qube II running on NetBSD 1.6.2 now for a few weeks and it
> > rocks, compared to the RedHat version it came with. I have anly one 10
> > GIG drive inside. Do I really need another powersupply/adapter for a 2
> > drive config of my qube?
> >
> > Johan
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: port-cobalt-owner@NetBSD.org
> > [mailto:port-cobalt-owner@NetBSD.org] On Behalf Of Wayne Ringling
> > Sent: donderdag 24 juni 2004 18:00
> > To: Kenneth P. Persing
> > Cc: Andy Ruhl; port-cobalt@NetBSD.org
> > Subject: Re: Other qubes, raqs (actually, hard drive question)
> >
> > I also have a qube2 with three 250 gb drives in it. (yeah I know
> overkill).
> > I left the normal fan and added another one in the top of the case to
> > help out with cooling.  I use a 60W powersupply and it gets a little
> > warm but no biggie.  The tx2 card does give better performance than
> > the onboard ide.  I just newfs'd the second and third hd's and it was
> > much faster than the one during initial install.  I would say that it
> > gives about 2X performance over the onboard one. Soon this little
> > beauty will be running a site for qube2 stuff.
> >
> > On Thu, 2004-06-24 at 10:56, Kenneth P. Persing wrote:
> > > Just an FYI, I have a single 250GB HD in my qube... works great. No
> > > problem in the Qube 2s with a 130GB limit. (at least in NetBSD)
> > >
> > > On Thu, 2004-06-24 at 10:05, Andy Ruhl wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 09:57:40 -0400, Christopher Schultz
> > > > <christopher.d.schultz@comcast.net> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > All,
> > > > >
> > > > > > With a qube2 or raq2 you can safely pull the fan.  This is
> > > > > > especially true if you put in a newer, lower power, hard disk.
> > > > >
> > > > > I have a Qube2 and was wondering about hard disks. The thing
> > > > > currently in there is unbranded and largely unlabelled, so what
> > > > > should I look for when getting a new disk?
> > > > >
> > > > > I figure that lower-RPM drives like 5400 as opposed to the 7200
> > > > > and 10000 will be quieter and consume less power.
> > > >
> > > > The IDE controller probably can't go over the 130 something gig limit?
> > > > I'm guessing this is the case. It has a PCI slot and NetBSD
> > > > supports a bunch of newer IDE adapters though.
> > > >
> > > > These newer hard drives are also quite hot. I'd leave the fan in
> there.
> > > >
> > > > Andy

Wow, I had no idea that I would start off so many responses, and I
don't even own one of these things yet (unfortunately the last auction
went higher than I was willing to go). Oh well. I still want to mess
around with one, possibly make it into a production server.

And why all the talk of 1.6.x? Anyone using 2.0 yet? I've got 2.0E
running on an i386 but I haven't put it on my Sparc or Dreamcast
yet... Gotta try that...

Andy