Re: IBM NetStation 1000 Port

[Matt Thomas <matt%3am-software.com@localhost>]

At 02:51 PM 4/11/2003, John Gordon wrote:
> Hello folks,
>
> Been perusing the archives for information on the status of a port of 
> NetBSD to
> the IBM NetStation 1000 box (little thin client things that are based on a 
> 603e
> CPU and can be had for almost nothing on ebay - picked mine up for $20
> including shipping).
>
> I see that there was a flurry of emails a year or so back, but nothing more.
> Did anybody ever finish this port? If not, is there any information out there
> that might be useful for starting one. I already have it running its original
> OS, and a linux kernel, but would like to explore porting NetBSD to it (that
> was why I bought it in the first place).
>
> If there is nothing already out there that's in a suitable state to share, 
> then
> I'll just start from the beginning, but I thought I'd ask first - hate to
> reinvent the wheel ;-)

I've done some work but I've never figured how to get the NS1K to try
to load my images.  My guess is they need a signature of some sort and
I don't the magic incantations to bless my kernels.


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