Andy Ruhl wrote:

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>You could very likely grab the generic kernel from 1.6.2 from here:
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>ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.6.2/cobalt/binary/sets/
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>Then install it in place of your current /netbsd file (be sure to copy
>the old one to some known name, like /netbsd.old), and reboot.
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Did that as you recommended...and now (I think) it's "back to the 
drawing board" since the machine has sat at the "Starting Up" prompt for 
the past 30 minutes hehe...:) :) The term "unbootable" comes to mind. 
<gales of laughter at the absurdity of it all>

>It's OK to use a newer kernel with older binaries, but not the other way around.
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>If you have a serial console, it would be very easy to just unpack the
>other sets in that directory too. Basically (don't trust me verbatim
>on this), just go into single user, copy off /etc, then unpack all of
>those sets with tar xvzpf <file>. There's a few other steps I'm sure
>I'm missing here...
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I've never gotten the serial port to work on this little 'fella from the 
day I unpacked him in 1999 until (and including) now!
Oh well, it adds to the fun quotient

>1.6.1 is pretty old now. Someone made a restore CD with a newer level
>too, but I don't know who or where it is... It would be worth making a
>new one for 2.0 when that is ready.
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>Ooooh, I'd definitely "enjoy" playing with 2.0...errr, maybe I should rephrase that; "Once I have this machine actually running and with software I need installed, I'd enjoy playing with 2.0"...yeah, that's better. :)
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By the way, - and somewhat orthagonally - how do you create an 
application for inclusion on a restore CD? I'm asking because...silly 
me...I detest vi with a passion, and thought that perhaps it would be a 
cool thing to have...hmmm, let's say nano on the restore disc. I've 
ruminated on this matter for a while, pondering precisely what would be 
necessary to do in order to stuff some nice extra apps on a custom CD.

FWIW (and I'm far from sure at this early stage what it *is* worth!!!) I 
intend to document all of this stuff at some point, and even host a 
restore CD or two on my main datacenter server. So I'm  hoping that - 
over time - I can actually contribute to the project in some small way. 
(I am looking at 2 RAQ2's on the shelf in my office that would be really 
yummy to get working also!)

Last but not least, thanks everyone (Andy mainly at this moment!!) for 
patience, because I've emitted a lot of content and a mess of help 
requests over this past week. Hopefully that will taper off markedly as 
the project approaches completion.

Regards & TIA,
-Colin