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Izumi Tsutsui | 1 Mar 2009 03:49
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Re: 5.0_RC2 restorecd

> I only have an OSX machine running Parallels from which to attempt an  
> install of NetBSD to my Qube2, and unfortunately the restoreCD does  
> not work on Parallels :-(
> 
> It hangs up on boot when it gets to "attimer0: attached to pcppi0"   
> and the CPU load heads up to almost 100% on one core.

The restorecd uses stock i386 GENERIC kernel so it would be better
to ask about Parallels on port-i386, but did you choose "Disable ACPI"
on boot menu or not? Is it really attimer0 (which is at isa0),
not attimer1 (at acpi0)?

If it's one at isa0, it might be worth to disable isapnp0 on
userconf prompt:
- select "5. Drop to boot prompt" on boot menu
- "boot -c" on the ">" prompt on bootloader
- "disable isapnp0" and "quit" at "uc>" prompt on userconf(4)
  http://netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?userconf+4+NetBSD-5.0

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Mark Smith | 1 Mar 2009 04:42
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Re: 5.0_RC2 restorecd


On 1/03/2009, at 3:49 PM, Izumi Tsutsui wrote:
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> The restorecd uses stock i386 GENERIC kernel so it would be better
> to ask about Parallels on port-i386, but did you choose "Disable ACPI"
> on boot menu or not? Is it really attimer0 (which is at isa0),
> not attimer1 (at acpi0)?
>
> If it's one at isa0, it might be worth to disable isapnp0 on
> userconf prompt:
> - select "5. Drop to boot prompt" on boot menu
> - "boot -c" on the ">" prompt on bootloader
> - "disable isapnp0" and "quit" at "uc>" prompt on userconf(4)
>  http://netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?userconf+4+NetBSD-5.0
>

Hiya.

I tried disabling ACPI, same result,
And disablng isapnp0 also still gives the same result.

I may have to resort to rummaging in the cupboards to see if I have  
enough bits to make a PC :-)

I have read elsewhere that it is an issue with the GENERIC builds ..  
but not seen any fix or workaround yet.

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Hubert Feyrer | 1 Mar 2009 17:51
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Re: 5.0_RC2 restorecd

On Sun, 1 Mar 2009, Mark Smith wrote:
> It hangs up on boot when it gets to "attimer0: attached to pcppi0"  and the 
> CPU load heads up to almost 100% on one core.
>
> I don't suppose anyone knows a work around ?  Pretty please ? (and that 
> doesn't involve me having to buy a PC :-)

At least with the Paralllels v2 that I use disabling Intel VT-x support 
gets things going for general NetBSD operation. I hear that flag's not 
available at least in the latest Parallels version.[1]

See here for a screenshot of what I mean:
http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/blog.html/nb_20080219_2139.html

  - Hubert

[1] Not being able to disable this any more in current Parallels
     versions, and the fact that Parallels  v2 occasionally brings my
     machine's CPU load to 100% after upgrading to Leopard on startup makes
     me currently think about getting a Fusion license.
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Mark Smith | 1 Mar 2009 20:58
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Re: 5.0_RC2 restorecd


On 2/03/2009, at 5:51 AM, Hubert Feyrer wrote:
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> At least with the Paralllels v2 that I use disabling Intel VT-x  
> support gets things going for general NetBSD operation. I hear that  
> flag's not available at least in the latest Parallels version.[1]
>
> See here for a screenshot of what I mean:
> http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/blog.html/nb_20080219_2139.html
>
>
> - Hubert
>
>
> [1] Not being able to disable this any more in current Parallels
>    versions, and the fact that Parallels  v2 occasionally brings my
>    machine's CPU load to 100% after upgrading to Leopard on startup  
> makes
>    me currently think about getting a Fusion license.

Perfect!   See all I had to do was find the person who knew :-)

It now boots!  Now to test it out :-)

Thanks

Mark
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Andy Ruhl | 2 Mar 2009 06:53
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Re: Qube2 with release-5 hangs, wapbl problem?

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 7:11 AM, Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui <at> ceres.dti.ne.jp> wrote:
> - try the latest 5.0_BETA kernel from ftp.NetBSD.org://pub/NetBSD-daily/
> - try to send BREAK via serial console at freeze (to get ddb(4) console)
> - try a custom kernel with options DIAGNOSTIC or DEBUG
> etc?

I never did this, but I noticed recent fixes in the release-5 tree so
I synched my source tree and built a new kernel.

I have not had a hang since I did this, and the machine has been
running far longer than it used to before when I had logging enabled.

This is very good news for me. I think I will try it on my i386
machine that has large filesystems now.

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Mark Smith | 4 Mar 2009 09:34
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BIG hard drives on the Qube2

Hi there,

For peoples reference.

Those SATA -> PATA adapters that plug into the IDE socket on  
motherboards also work with the Qube2, which should mean that 1TB+  
SATA drives should install nicely.

The adapter installs with room to spare.

I've tested an 80GB SATA drive so far, but will be getting a 1.5TB one  
on the weekend (my iTunes library is getting out of control :-)

Is there a known limit to what can plug into a Qube running  NetBSD or  
Linux ?

Regards

Mark
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Mark Smith | 7 Mar 2009 07:14
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Suggestions for Gig-E NIC for a Qube2 ?

Hi there,

Does anyone know of a good gigabit NIC that would work in a Qube2 and  
run under NetBSD ?

I'd like something that offloads as much as possible from the CPU  
(since the Qube2 only got an itty bitty CPU :-)

Thanks!

Mark
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Izumi Tsutsui | 7 Mar 2009 10:34
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Re: BIG hard drives on the Qube2

markinnz <at> gmail.com wrote:

> I've tested an 80GB SATA drive so far, but will be getting a 1.5TB one  
> on the weekend (my iTunes library is getting out of control :-)
> 
> Is there a known limit to what can plug into a Qube running  NetBSD or  
> Linux ?

- NetBSD kernel supports LBA48 so it should just work
- The cobalt firmware might not support LBA48 so Ext2 partition
  to store bootloader should be smaller than 137GB
- NetBSD bootloader has LBA48 support in sources but it's disabled
  by default, so you might have to recompile bootloader if your
  root partition is larger than 137GB

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Mark Smith | 12 Mar 2009 23:53
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Modifying the disk partitioning on the RestoreCD

Hi there,

Can someone point me at the script that works out how to partition the  
drive of the Qube2 when the RestoreCD is netbooted ?

I want to change it so that it creates a semi custom partition  
layout ... in preparation for putting in a 1.5TB drive.

Thanks

Mark
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Izumi Tsutsui | 13 Mar 2009 03:19
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Re: Modifying the disk partitioning on the RestoreCD

> Can someone point me at the script that works out how to partition the  
> drive of the Qube2 when the RestoreCD is netbooted ?

http://www.NetBSD.org/ports/cobalt/restorecd-howto.html#how-does-it-work

>> Actual installation operations are described in the install-core.sh
>> found in /nfsroot/cobalt/install/script directory, or
>> data/cobalt/install/script directory in the restorecd script tree.

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