Subject: Re: questions from NetBSD sparc newbie
To: Ganimede <newtoolbox@yahoo.com>
From: Michael Lorenz <macallan@netbsd.org>
List: port-sparc
Date: 02/26/2007 14:30:57
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Hello,

On Feb 26, 2007, at 05:13, Ganimede wrote:

> I'm a NetBSD newbie and I've just migrate from Linux
> to NetBSD (3.1) on my old SPARCclassic (48 MB ram, 1
> GB hd, ecc.)
>
> I've some questions:
>
> - Does NetBSD support SBUS Token Ring ?

No idea but somehow I don't think so.

> - Does WSCONS supported on NetBSD sparc ? If I try to
> eble on rc.conf WSCONS I see a message about
> unsuppoted (or device not found).

The classic has a cg3 onboard, nobody wrote a wscons driver for it so 
far but it should be trivial - just a dumb framebuffer after all. Won't 
be fast though, I'd suggest you find a cgsix somewhere - at least it 
has a blitter which can be used by both X and the console.

> - Without WSCONS, can I able virtual console
> (linux-like ALT+F1, ALT+F2, ecc.) ? can I use mouse
> (for cut-paste) in console ?

No.

> - I try to compile a custom kernel, now when I start
> dhcpd I see and error message about "no bpf device".
> Do I forgot an option in kernel ?

Likely.
There's an option to include the Berkeley Packet Filter, should be 
enabled by default.

> - I installa Samba from 3.0.2 pkg collection, it works
> fine but how can I start Samba at each boot ? I see rc
> scripts ... can I copy scripts into /etc/rc.d ?

Add smbd/nmbd to /etc/inetd.conf or just run them in /etc/rc.local

have fun
Michael
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