I dont know, I downloaded the whole ISO from your page, which was
192MB, however it gave me that error on boot.

--- Claudio Leiva S <cleivas@cox.net> wrote:

> Glyn:
> 
> I can't see how the ISO you download from my server is not working
> for you, 
> you just work with it while you was using my server, are you sure
> is not 
> your hardware??.......Just a thought.
> 
> 
> 
> Claudio Leiva
> Las Vegas, Nevada
> USA
> http://cleiva.no-ip.com
> (Powered By NetBSD for Cobalt)
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Brian McEwen" <bmcewen@comcast.net>
> To: "Glyn Astill" <glynastill@yahoo.co.uk>
> Cc: <port-cobalt@netBSD.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 4:47 PM
> Subject: Re: poffd problem (it gets worse)
> 
> 
> > On Oct 12, 2006, at 6:23 PM, Glyn Astill wrote:
> >
> >> yone 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.
> >
> > Just checking, still all works fine but the display does not? 
> That's
> > been the case for literally years...until just recently; within
> the
> > last 6 months, April 2006, except for people who patched it on
> their
> > own. The display really is not super useful.  If anything "bad"
> > happens you still need a serial console to a laptop.
> >
> > Be aware that until you reboot after install, you aren't testing
> it
> > really.  If the LCD works during the install, then goes away on
> the
> > first real boot, then it's just plain not working.  If it really
> > works and shows the IP address on the first bootup after install,
> and
> > all you have done is edit hostname info, etc, that's a little
> > surprising.
> >
> > Someone posted that the display and paneld were working for them
> > right after the posting of the April 1 2006 build linked to here,
> and
> > indeed that is something mentioned in the description:
> > -------------------
> > As a proof of concept here is a CD with a 10 days old 3.99.17
> build:
> >
> >  ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/cdi/cobalt/NetBSD3.99.17-
> > restoreCD.iso
> >
> > Features:
> >
> >  - 3.99.17 boot (i386) kernel and userland
> >  - 3.99.17 remote (cobalt over NFS) installation kernel and
> userland
> >  - Slightly improved LCD installation messages
> >  - named.conf updated to use netbsd.org domain instead of
> > mfg.cobaltmicro.com
> >  - paneld re-compiled for 3.99.17, seems to use 0.0% CPU now
> > ------------------
> >
> > That is the one you are using, right?
> > So- what edits specifically are you doing that break it?  I know
> you
> > said you were following Shon's 1.6.1 install guide.  Perhaps do
> the
> > install just one more time, and make the edits one at a time,
> > rebooting between, so you know for sure what breaks it.  And,
> there's
> > no reason for it to stay broken if that's what is killing it-- if
> you
> > copy the files you are changing to a backup before you make the
> edit,
> > just restore the copy of the text file.
> >
> > My LCD panel has been blank since July 2005.  Not holding me back
> at
> > all...
> >
> > Also- if you do a ps -ax   does it really show poffd running?
> >
> > HTH.
> >
> > Brian
> > 
> 
> 



Glyn Astill


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