Subject: Re: NetBSD 3.0 restore CD
To: Daniel Ouellet <daniel@presscom.net>
From: Claudio Leiva S <cleivas@cox.net>
List: port-cobalt
Date: 01/03/2006 13:00:16
Rowdy:
I just finish with the download, I put the files on.
http://cleiva.no-ip.org/restorecd3/
Please post in the group.
Thanks.
Claudio Leiva S.
Las Vegas, Nevada.
USA
http://cleiva.no-ip.org
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rowdy" <rowdy@netspace.net.au>
> To: <cleivas@cox.net>; <listbox@unix-boy.com>
> Cc: <daniel@presscom.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 2:05 AM
> Subject: NetBSD 3.0 restore CD
>
>
>> Claudio/Jeremy,
>>
>> You have both kindly offered to host the 3.0 restore CD, and I am pleased
>> to say that, with Daniel's help in testing and hosting, the file is now
>> available.
>>
>> It took just over 3 hours for Daniel to grab it from my server, but he is
>> now hosting it at the following sites, and you should be able to grab a
>> copy much faster from one of those:
>>
>> http://netbsd.ouellet.biz/
>> http://openbsdsupport.org/netbsd/
>>
>> Daniel has identified a possible rare RAIDframe issue that was present in
>> the 2.0 restore CD, but affects a minority of users, and also reported
>> that on at least some of his Raqs after install and after reboot they
>> were unable to grab an IP address from DHCP, and the LCD showed "Unknown
>> Host" and "[0.0.0.0]", requiring login via the serial port to complete
>> the installation. I did not have that problem with my Qube 2. He has
>> also reported that paneld still occupies an inordinate amount of CPU
>> resource - the historical recommendation to disable it still stands.
>>
>> The file is a .tgz containing the ISO, a MD5, a readme, and the GENERIC
>> and INSTALL kernel config files. I compiled the boot loader from the 3.0
>> sources, and everything else, including kernels, comes straight from the
>> official NetBSD 3.0 release.
>>
>> If it is still ok, could you both grab a copy of the file, put it on your
>> servers, and let me know the address where they are, then I will post an
>> announcement to the newsgroup.
>>
>> Thankyou again for you help, suggestions and hosting offers.
>>
>> Rowdy
>>