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Izumi Tsutsui | 1 Nov 2007 17:32
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Re: updated restorecd script for 4.0_RC3

I wrote:

> Next, today I've been playing on updating Dennis' new
> restorecd script (which was written for 3.99.17)
> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-cobalt/2006/04/01/0000.html
> to 4.0_RC3.

I've updated the script again and put tar.gz archive
and 4.0_RC3 restorecd iso image here:
ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/tsutsui/cobalt/

This image contains recent bootloader changes and
one more change for sys/dev/ic/hd44780_subr.c which
fixes LCD panel weirdness.
(lost first some characters on the first line)

If there is no particular problem I'll send
pullup requests about these changes this weekend.
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Izumi Tsutsui
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Chuck Tuffli | 19 Nov 2007 18:20

newbie restore CD question

Hi -

I'm about to install 4.0 RC4 to a Raq2 box and am a little confused as
to the setup. As part of this installation, I'm adding a bigger disk
to the box. Does the restore CD partition this disk or do I need to do
that prior to the installation? Tnx.

---chuck
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James Hartley | 19 Nov 2007 19:07
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Re: newbie restore CD question

On Nov 19, 2007 9:20 AM, Chuck Tuffli <chuck <at> tuffli.net> wrote:
> Does the restore CD partition this disk or do I need to do
> that prior to the installation?

The restore CD partitions the drive before transferring the file sets
& building the device nodes.  Given that the CD is used over a wide
range of disk sizes, the partitioning scheme is very simplistic:

* a minimal Linux partition
* 2x RAM sized swap partition
* 10% - 20% for /var
* 5% - 500MB for /tmp
* everything else goes to root

Jim
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Hubert Feyrer | 20 Nov 2007 01:20
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Re: newbie restore CD question

On Mon, 19 Nov 2007, Chuck Tuffli wrote:
> I'm about to install 4.0 RC4 to a Raq2 box and am a little confused as
> to the setup. As part of this installation, I'm adding a bigger disk
> to the box. Does the restore CD partition this disk or do I need to do
> that prior to the installation? Tnx.

If the bigger disk goes in as second disk, then you'll probably have to 
hang it up manually (maybe fdisk, newfs, edit /etc/fstab, mount - see 
http://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/chap-misc.html#chap-misc-adding-new-disk)

  - Hubert
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Chuck Tuffli | 28 Nov 2007 07:28

cross building packages?

Is it possible to build packages for Cobalt on a different platform  
(e.g. x86) using the cross tools created from build.sh? If not, how  
do others build packages other than on the system itself?

---chuck
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Erik Berls | 28 Nov 2007 08:13
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Re: cross building packages?

There was some work done by the pkgsrc guys on crossbuilding.  But I
recall it being complex, and requiring kernel support on the host.
And even then they only had it "working" on ARM and one other arch.

That said, I'd love it if someone would take up the torch and get it
working for mips in general, and cobalt in specific.  Personally, I
just let an extra machine grind along if no-one had uploaded a built
package.

-=erik.

On 11/27/07, Chuck Tuffli <chuck <at> tuffli.net> wrote:
> Is it possible to build packages for Cobalt on a different platform
> (e.g. x86) using the cross tools created from build.sh? If not, how
> do others build packages other than on the system itself?
>
> ---chuck
>

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