Glyn

Just to let you know, the ISO you download from my server was created by 
Dennis Chernoivanov and  if I'am right using his script restorecd.tar.gz



Claudio Leiva
Las Vegas, Nevada
USA
http://cleiva.no-ip.com
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glyn Astill" <glynastill@yahoo.co.uk>
To: <port-cobalt@netBSD.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 3:23 PM
Subject: RE: poffd problem (it gets worse)


Hi People,

I've got 2 versions of the 3.99.17 iso, one is 256.9MB from the
netbsd ftp server. this seems to install fine but once I try and
configure it it works but always gets stuck on "Starting Up >poffd"
on the display.

The only thing about this CD is that on boot it says "bootserver
dhcp: id IN A rrset doesn't exist add 493394520 iIN A 10.0.0.160:
destination address required.

The other is a 129Mb iso from Claudio's web server, however this
doesn't even install, it says:

"bootserver dhcp: id IN A rrset doesn't exist add 493394693 iIN A
10.0.0.160: destination address required."

Then gets stuck on:

cd0(viaide1:1:0):illegal request, data = 28 00 00 00 21 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00

I'm assuming that this means the CD is corrupt, hence it being
smaller.

Anyone got any ideas? I installed from the first disk a few months
ago onto a 40 gig drive and all was well, now I try to do the same on
a 320 gig drive and the LCD gets jammed on that bloody poffd screen
once I've set up the initial parameters.

This sucks, someone please help.

Thanks
glyn





--- Glyn Astill <glynastill@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> I don't think the display is breaking I think whatever displays
> infromation after poffd isn't working or something.
>
> I'll try sending some messages straight to the LCD tonight and see
> what happens.
>
> Since the display is fine until I go and setup the network manually
> I
> assume it's a configuration issue, however I've tried to reverse
> all
> the settings and it makes no difference.
>
> I'll have another go tonight, perhaps try and echo some text onto
> the
> LCD to see if it is the LCD, however I don't think it is the LCD.
>
> Anyone else got any ideas?
>
>
> --- bmcewen@comcast.net wrote:
>
> >
> > From: Glyn Astill <glynastill@yahoo.co.uk>
> > > Is there a chance then that since the first time I downloaded
> the
> > > 3.99 image about 3 months ago, the version I re-downloaded a
> few
> > days
> > > ago is now different?
> >
> > Hard to say, I don't think you've yet said where you did download
> > it from?
> >
> > When I looked, poffd seemed to only be a 68k port; my guess, if
> it
> > was included in the install CD that some of the venerable Qube
> > people built, is that it is there for a reason, perhaps it has a
> > role with paneld and the magic buttons on the back of the Qube?
> > That's just a guess though.
> >
> > I don't know of a reason that it would break the LCD panel
> display,
> > possibly  that the panel itself breaks and it just happens that
> > poffd message was the last one written.  That would be typical of
> > my experience with the panel anyway.
> >
> > Brian
> >
> >
> >  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- Pettefar Nick <pettefarn@jms.mod.uk> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I think that this may be a bug?
> > > >
> > > > poffd is the power-off daemon and it shoul;d only be in the
> 68k
> > > > architecture.
> > > >
> > > > Nick Pettefar
> > > > Senior Assistant Telephone Sanitizer.
> > > > BT Global Services (pettefarn@jms.mod.uk) Tel. 01793 86-3064
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Glyn Astill [mailto:glynastill@yahoo.co.uk]
> > > > > Sent: 09 October 2006 10:02
> > > > > To: Erik Berls
> > > > > Cc: port-cobalt@NetBSD.org
> > > > > Subject: Re: poffd problem
> > > > >
> > > > > I have no idea what I'd be looking for in ttys or how this
> > > > > would have affected it.
> > > > >
> > > > > However you are correct on the 192, I had put the ip
> address
> > > > > in /etc/myname rather than the host name.
> > > > >
> > > > > However this has not fixed my main problem.
> > > > >
> > > > > I have done a brand new install since I first had the
> > > > > problem, yhen followed the instructions here
> > > > > http://www.teraqube.co.uk/software/#s1.2
> > > > >
> > > > > When the install first finishes the display functions fine,
>
> > > > > then once I've applied the setup parameters it stops at
> > > > > >poffd and never displays the hostname and ip.
> > > > >
> > > > > I know the display is still working because if I do a
> > > > > shutdown - r then it shows the services that are being
> > stopped.
> > > > >
> > > > > I've followed these instructions bang on a few times now
> and
> > > > > still get the same problem, I can't see why though.
> > > > >
> > > > > I followed them once before (about 3 months ago) with a
> > > > > smaller hard disk and the exact same boot image but back
> then
> >
> > > > > it worked fine.
> > > > >
> > > > > Bizzare, what does poffd actually do?
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm Confused
> > > > >
> > > > > --- Erik Berls <cyber@ono-sendai.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > You might want to check /etc/ttys, there could be a baud
> > rate
> > > > > > mismatch.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The 192 sounds like it tried to parse the IP address as
> the
> >
> > > > > hostname
> > > > > > (i.e.
> > > > > > breaking apart a dotted quad thinking it was a FQDN).  Do
> > you
> > > > have
> > > > > > reverse DNS set up?  Running dhclient?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -=erik.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 10/7/06, Glyn Astill <glynastill@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hi people,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I just got a new hard disk for my qube and I installed
> > the
> > > > 3.99
> > > > > > CD
> > > > > > > image.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > All was going well and I followed the instructions here
> > > > > > > http://www.teraqube.co.uk/software/#s1.2 to do the
> basic
> > > > setup.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Then I did a shutdown -r to reboot the machine however
> on
> > > > bootup
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > > last thing on the qubes display is Starting Up >poffd
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > It seems to get stuck here, does anyone know why this
> > could
> > > > be?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I can still rlogin to the qube and instead of the usual
> #
> > > > prompt
> > > > > > I've
> > > > > > > got 192#
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I've not got much experience with netbsd so I'm a bit
> > > > confused
> > > > > > here.
> > > > > > > Thanks
> > > > > > > Glyn
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
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