Re: Compiling kernel for Qube2700WG?

Mike Hebel <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.ports.cobalt
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Oct 7, 2008, at 6:28 PM 10/7/08, Izumi Tsutsui wrote:
>> [email protected] wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> Doesn't the restore CD support those? If not, why not?
>>>>
>>>
>>> The restore CD doesn't work for the original Qube 1 models (2700)  
>>> because
>>> they don't have a serial console among other things.  IIRC they  
>>> also need
>>> the kernel to be below a certain size.
>>>
>>
>> What makes you think so?
>>
>
> That was old information I had.  It had to do with the original  
> boot loader.
>
>
>>> They fail immediately after
>>> netboot.
>>>
>>
>> How does it fails?
>> Does Qube2 work with the same environment?
>> i.e. is it Qube2700 specific?
>>
>
> I don't have a serial console to watch but it looks like it tries  
> to netboot the kernel then stops cold.  This happens only with the  
> 2700.  It'll netboot the original reload CD just fine but NetBSD  
> and Linux it won't do.
>
>
>>> That was actually my plan but I have to make a kernel that isn't  
>>> going to
>>> have a serial console in it.
>>>
>>
>> The GENERIC kernel just works on 2700 even without serial console.
>>
>
> I'll take everybody's word for it.  I stand highly corrected at  
> this point.

--
Mike Hebel


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