Yes please, that will be nice if it is possible.



Claudio Leiva
Las Vegas, Nevada
USA
http://nv4x4.no-ip.org/claudio





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alex Pelts" <alexp@broadcom.com>
To: <port-cobalt@netbsd.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 1:57 PM
Subject: Re: upgrading a qube2 with netbsd 1.6.1 to 2.0


> You can always try a patch with -n flag (if I am not mistaking). Patch 
> will tell you if it is already applied.
>
> I can make 2.0 restore cd the same way as I made 1.6.2 by replacing sets 
> and kernel in 1.6.1 cd. It should get qube to a bootable state and should 
> be faster than doing it by hand.
> The only problem with restore cd that it does not do upgrades but it is 
> nice for bringing empty qube to a running state.
>
> The beauty of a qube is in the mips processor. It is very low power plus 
> it is hard to hack with stack overflow and similar exploits. Most of them 
> are for x86 architecture. Unfortunately the one in the qube is a bit old. 
> It takes me long time to get anything compiled on it.
>
> I will look at making 2.0 cd tonight when I get home.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Alex
>
> Carsten Pache wrote:
>> On Thursday, March 3, 2005, Alex Pelts <alexp@broadcom.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I would venture to guess that lcd driver in not compiled in to the
>>>kernel by default, or not present in the stock kernel at all.
>>
>>
>> So it seems.
>>
>>
>>>I have seen mentioning of the driver being in the 1.6.2 tree then in 2.0
>>>tree. Personally I am running 1.6.2 which I upgraded from 1.6.1. In both
>>>cases I had to apply lcd patch. You can get it from
>>>http://only.mawhrin.net/~cdi/netbsd/cobalt/hd44780.diff.gz if it is
>>>still there. If not I can post it in this ml.
>>
>>
>> I found the link to the patch on Team Rushmere's Teraqube page. They
>> also describe how to patch the kernel (1.6.1) config with the driver
>> for the LCD panel, but I was not sure whether this patch is still
>> required for NetBSD 2.0.
>>
>>
>>>LCD is usefull only in the beginning if at all. If you have serial
>>>console it would be much more usefull than lcd. Of course it is nice to
>>>have complete working qube. I am still looking at how to controll these
>>>green leds on the front. I would like to turn them off at night :).
>>>Should be some bit somewhere. I know it is possible because bios does it.
>>
>>
>> A bizarre but interesting idea :-)
>>
>>
>>>By the way I made 1.6.2 recovery cd using original recovery cd and
>>>replacing distribution files. It should work but I have not had a chance
>>>to test it. If anyone interested drop me an email and I will publish the
>>>torrent of it.
>>
>>
>> I would like to test it. The hard disk currently installed inside my
>> Qube is a little noisy, and I have another one (hopefully more quiet)
>> that could act as a test drive.
>>
>> Btw: Does anybody know anything about the status of a 2.0 recovery cd?
>>
>>
>>>In my opinion qube is still an excellent toy computer although it is
>>>getting old fast :(. Mac mini is the replacement which could more useful.
>>
>>
>> Maybe today I would rather buy a Mac Mini. But I also like older 
>> computers
>> that are still working and can be used for learning purposes or the
>> like. When the Qube II arrived on the market, it was too expensive for
>> me (and I was too young to see any use in it ;-) ). Today the Qube
>> came down to prices that I can afford. It's like driving an old car :)
>>
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