Re: Status of port-newsmips?

>In article <a05100305b9a08e592d0c@[10.0.0.10]>
>[email protected] wrote:
>
>>	This saturday I was given*three* NWS-3710 machines.  I would
>>  love to have at least one running netbsd.  How far is it running?
>
>NWS-3710 could run NetBSD.
>Since the machine have not been tested it might have some problems,
>but the fixes should be trivial.
>(Anyway you have to use serial console, though.)
>
>>  Also, how to install the OS in the machine?  I went to
>>  http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/newsmips/ and did not find much info.
>
>You can try the NetBSD 1.6_RC3 snapshot.
>See the install note:
>ftp://releng.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/200209060000/newsmips/INSTALL.html
>and try boot floppy:
>ftp://releng.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/200209060000/newsmips/installation/floppy/
>
>(Yes, more things should be documented in the install notes.
>  Any feedback is welcome :-)
>---
>Izumi Tsutsui
>[email protected]

	Hello there!

	I just looked at the install info.  It sounds fairly 
complete.  Things I would like to be added are stuff someone like me, 
who has never used a NEWS machine before (think Homer Simpson), would 
appreciate:

	o How to figure out the machine configuration (think "cnfg" 
in a dec and scsi-info in sub) without opening the case and counting 
memory chips and HD?
	o From what I saw in the case (from outside), it has an empty 
5 1/4 bay.  Could I slap in it a CDROM drive?  If so, what are its 
requirements (ex: SCSI with 512byte sectors)?
	o All three machines have a video board on them.  Do I have 
to remove it to use the console?  Also, is it a prefered serial port 
for console?
	o What kind of memory does this machine use and what is its capacity?

Thanks for any help!  I may try to install the OS later on today.  If 
I do it, I will keep you posted on my findings and problems. =)