updating to 1.6.2

Ok, 1.6.1 has been fine, I've got a few services running, it's been up 
since Jan or so, so far so good.

I'm looking at some of the bug fixes in the 1.6.2 and they sound nice 
to have.

I've read the guide to updating a working install from
<http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/updating.html>

but I'm not sure what this "means" in terms of potential impact on the 
pkgs I've built and added to the default install from the 1.6.1 boot 
.iso for Cobalt Qubes.

What exactly gets rebuilt as part of "updating the whole userland".  
I've not really seen that defined anywhere.   It can't be all 4500+ 
pkgs from the pkgsrc tree... :)

What I should check on, should I build a tarball of /etc or *.conf or 
something before I update as a backup, or other tips on doing this with 
no disruption welcome.

Thanks,

Brian

Adding a prompt to bootloader to specify kernel name

Today I modify bootloader in cobalt/stand/boot to add a prompt
to specify a kernel filename to be loaded. This makes it easier
to recover system when newer kernel does not boot.

I've put boot.gz binary at:
http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/~tsutsui/netbsd/boot-cobalt-20040403.gz
and source diff is attached.

Some of these code might need enhancement and bootinfo structures
in a kernel should also be reorganized, but I think still it useful
for now.

Comments?
---
Izumi Tsutsui
tsutsui <at> ceres.dti.ne.jp

Index: stand/boot/Makefile
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/src/sys/arch/cobalt/stand/boot/Makefile,v
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -r1.6 Makefile
--- stand/boot/Makefile	27 Jan 2004 21:03:18 -0000	1.6
+++ stand/boot/Makefile	3 Apr 2004 00:05:36 -0000
 <at>  <at>  -68,7 +68,7  <at>  <at> 
 PROG=		boot
 # common sources
 SRCS+=		start.S boot.c devopen.c conf.c clock.c bootinfo.c
-SRCS+=		prf.c com.c cons.c ns16550.c pciide.c wdc.c wd.c
+SRCS+=		prf.c com.c cons.c ns16550.c pciide.c tgets.c wdc.c wd.c

Re: Adding a prompt to bootloader to specify kernel name

On Sat, 3 Apr 2004, Izumi Tsutsui wrote:
> +	"/netbsd",
> +	"/netbsd.gz",
> +	"/onetbsd",
> +	"/onetbsd.gz",
> +	"/netbsd.bak",
> +	"/netbsd.bak.gz",
> +	"/netbsd.old",
> +	"/netbsd.old.gz",
> +	"/netbsd.cobalt",
> +	"/netbsd.cobalt.gz",
> +	"/netbsd.elf",
> +	"/netbsd.elf.gz",

the i386 loader also checks for netbsd.el ... 
Looks useful otherwise (untested).

 - Hubert

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Hubert Feyrer <hubert <at> feyrer.de>

RE: mysql4-server pkg

What version of mysql ? mysql 4.
What version of c++ ? I have no idea how would I find out ?

Ports archive ? I don't know anything about that.

Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: port-cobalt-owner <at> NetBSD.org
[mailto:port-cobalt-owner <at> NetBSD.org]On Behalf Of Rodrigo
Fernandez-Vizarra
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 3:35 AM
To: Joe Pribele
Cc: cobalt
Subject: Re: mysql4-server pkg

It looks to me like a C++ compiler bug. What version are you using?, did
you tried to compile a newer compiler version from the ports archive?

Sorry not a clear answer to your problem.

Regards,
Rodrigo

Joe Pribele wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I trying to build mysql4 server and I keep getting this error. Any ideas ?
>

Re: mysql4-server pkg

To get the C++ version type 'g++ --version' in a terminal.

The version that comes with NetBSD 1.6.1 is 2.95.3

I'm sorry it's not the "ports archive" but the "The NetBSD Packages 
Collection (pkgsrc)" 
<http://www.netbsd.org/guide/en/chap-whatsnew.html#id2518182>

There you have a newer gcc complier. You can read how to install the 
pkgsrc collection here:

http://www.netbsd.org/guide/en/chap-cvs.html#id2609239

but I think you already have it installed.

Try with a newer compiler.

Good luck,
Rodrigo

Joe Pribele wrote:

>What version of mysql ? mysql 4.
>What version of c++ ? I have no idea how would I find out ?
>
>Ports archive ? I don't know anything about that.
>
>Joe
>
>-----Original Message-----

RE: mysql4-server pkg

I was able to build the mysql4-server package on RaQ2 from package source
archive last night. No problem whatsoever, so far it looks stable.

Cheers,
Vadim.

-----Original Message-----
From: port-cobalt-owner <at> NetBSD.org [mailto:port-cobalt-owner <at> NetBSD.org] On
Behalf Of sp <at> php.net
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 1:31 PM
To: port-cobalt <at> NetBSD.ORG
Subject: AW: mysql4-server pkg

Hello,

as far as I know, MySQL requires MTHREADS to compile which hasn't ported to
NetBSD/cobalt yet.
But maybe I'm wrong...

Kind regards,

Sebastian

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: port-cobalt-owner <at> NetBSD.org 
> [mailto:port-cobalt-owner <at> NetBSD.org] Im Auftrag von Rodrigo 
> Fernandez-Vizarra
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 31. März 2004 10:35
> An: Joe Pribele
> Cc: cobalt

Using restore CDs

Hi,

Sorry if you have answered this a few times before but I've been 
digging around in the archives and haven't found a definitive answer...

I purchased a Qube2 off eBay recently. It turned up running Cobalt OS, 
but came with 2 CDs, the Cobalt Restore and NetBSD. I decided to switch 
to NetBSD, ran the installer... it got to 'Rebooting...', then it just 
hangs on 'Starting up'. I left it like this for a whole afternoon 
incase something was running.

I have 20Gb HD and 128Mb RAM so hardware shouldn't be a problem.

I dug throught these lists and various other sites I googled and have 
played around with the HD jumper settings to no avail.

I don't have much time to fiddle around with the Qube at the moment so 
thought I'd just stick the Cobalt OS back on... but that didn't work 
either... the install starts up and runs through a couple of checks, 
then just restarts and sits at 'Starting up'.

Thing is, my main machine is a Mac running OS X and I did the install 
using a machine I borrowed from work, which is an intel based SGI 
machine, full of weird SCSI parts and components. Seems to run the 
NetBSD restore OK but I'm not sure all the drivers load properly for 
the Cobalt restore.

Any ideas? Right now I'd just settle for a working Qube.

I have thought of buying a serial cable to check out the output when 

Re: Using restore CDs

On Wednesday, April 7, 2004, at 05:27 AM, Anthony Cooper wrote:

>
> I have thought of buying a serial cable to check out the output when 
> the Qube boots but being a mac user I'm not too sure about terminal 
> programs on Windows that would be suitable for this.
>

That's the next step.  HyperTerm comes with most Windows flavors that 
I've used, and is all you need.

Once you see why it is hanging it should not be too bad to get it 
going.  Did you find the nice "how-to" FAQ posted on this list in 
Jan(?) of this year?  That is a good checklist.  Also you don't say you 
are using the Qube-specific install .iso that Dennis built; there are a 
couple references to that in the lsit archives from about that time as 
well.  If you aren't using that .iso, you should give it a try- I think 
the regular one had issues with Qubes.

Brian

Re: Using restore CDs

On Wed, 7 Apr 2004, Brian wrote:
> > I have thought of buying a serial cable to check out the output when
> > the Qube boots but being a mac user I'm not too sure about terminal
> > programs on Windows that would be suitable for this.
> That's the next step.  HyperTerm comes with most Windows flavors that
> I've used, and is all you need.

If a hang is related to network-things, I've found ethereal very useful to
debug. It's available for Unix and Windows systems.

 - Hubert

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RE: Using restore CDs