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Claudio Leiva | 5 Sep 2010 05:37
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RE: Replacement disk for RaQ 2

Hi,

Where can I get a copy of that restore cd with support for LBA48, I just got
my Addonics SATA/IDE bridge and I want to test it on my Qube2.

Thanks.

Claudio Leiva S
Las Vegas, Nevada
USA
http://cleiva.no-ip.com
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De: port-cobalt-owner <at> NetBSD.org [mailto:port-cobalt-owner <at> NetBSD.org] En
nombre de Izumi Tsutsui
Enviado el: viernes, 27 de agosto de 2010 19:52
Para: port-cobalt <at> NetBSD.org
CC: tsutsui <at> ceres.dti.ne.jp
Asunto: Re: Replacement disk for RaQ 2

> So, any recommendations for drives that are known to work in a RaQ 2,
> or any to avoid?

When I added LBA48 support to NetBSD/cobalt bootloader,
the following drive worked fine on Qube 2700 with a cheap
SATA-IDE bridge.
> wd0 at atabus0 drive 0: <Hitachi HDS721616PLA380>
> wd0: 153 GB, 319120 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 321672960
sectors
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Izumi Tsutsui | 6 Sep 2010 17:32
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Re: Replacement disk for RaQ 2

> Where can I get a copy of that restore cd with support for LBA48, I just got
> my Addonics SATA/IDE bridge and I want to test it on my Qube2.

- NetBSD kernel itself already has LBA48 support so all existing
  restorecd can handle large disks.

- NetBSD/cobalt *bootloader* in 5.0.x and 5.1_RC2 (and forthcomming 5.1)
  don't have LBA48 support, but it's required only if installed kernel
  is put beyond >137GB boundary on the target disk, and I guess
  it's unlikely in most case.

- If bootloader from 5.1_RC2 restorecd in your disk fails to load
  your kernel, you can replace it with -current bootloader binary
  which has LBA48 support.
  The latest bootloader can be found in daily build:
http://releng.NetBSD.org/cgi-bin/builds.cgi
http://nyftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD/201009060000Z/cobalt/installation/boot.gz
  and you can replace it by using restorecd as a rescue disk if necessary.

If there is a popular demand for LBA48 capable bootloader,
I'll send a pullup request of it.
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George Harvey | 6 Sep 2010 22:02

Re: Replacement disk for RaQ 2

On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 22:07:59 +0100
George Harvey <fr30 <at> dial.pipex.com> wrote:

> It's good to know that larger drives work. I've now run an install on
> the 80Gb WD drive in my RaQ 2 and that worked fine, which does leave me
> wondering why it wouldn't work in my Qube 3. I've done netboot installs
> of NetBSD on other systems but this was the first time I've used a
> NetBSD/Cobalt restore CD and I was impressed at how smoothly it went.

Just to follow up, I picked up a 160GB drive (WD1600BB) on Ebay and
that also installs and boots on my RaQ 2.

George
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Marcel van Dorp [Maeslant Engineering] | 6 Sep 2010 22:48
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Using SSD's..

Hi Guys,

Back on the list after quite some time of absence..

Dusted off the two current raq2+ that I've already had lying around here
and even got my hands on a few additional ones making a total of six..
:)

Got a few like these (
http://ontech123.com/mediac/400_0/media/SSD-DOM40-cable-2.jpg ) in 4GB,
not exactly those but the same concept. It's a perfect fit for the raq's
and not that expensive. Should give enough room for a basic install as
NTP server and hosting DNS zones.

Anyway, I was wondering of anyone here over used SSD of any form in the
raq2 platform?

Regards,

Marcel
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Evgueni Tzvetanov | 12 Sep 2010 15:49
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Re: Using SSD's..

--- On Mon, 9/6/10, Marcel van Dorp [Maeslant Engineering] <marcel <at> maeslant-engineering.nl> wrote:

> From: Marcel van Dorp [Maeslant Engineering] <marcel <at> maeslant-engineering.nl>
> Subject: Using SSD's..
> To: port-cobalt <at> netbsd.org
> Date: Monday, September 6, 2010, 4:48 PM
> Hi Guys,
> 
> Back on the list after quite some time of absence..
> 
> Dusted off the two current raq2+ that I've already had
> lying around here
> and even got my hands on a few additional ones making a
> total of six..
> :)
> 
> Got a few like these (
> http://ontech123.com/mediac/400_0/media/SSD-DOM40-cable-2.jpg
> ) in 4GB,
> not exactly those but the same concept. It's a perfect fit
> for the raq's
> and not that expensive. Should give enough room for a basic
> install as
> NTP server and hosting DNS zones.
> 
> Anyway, I was wondering of anyone here over used SSD of any
> form in the
> raq2 platform?
> 
> Regards,
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Marcel van Dorp [Maeslant Engineering] | 15 Sep 2010 12:53
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RE: Using SSD's..

>I used to work with these for a while. At the time they were called DOM
(DiskOnModule) and then the SSD came out ans the term changed.
>
>They last about 2 years and then you will start losing bits here tand
there. The read/write cycles may reach the limit pretty quickly if you
have intense operations like swap or frequent read/write on >certain
files.
>
>I would use it just as a boot partition with all tools and utilities on
it. This way it may last longer.
>
>ET

This is valuable info. I don't expect very much write actions since they
will function as ntp server and hosting dns slave zones, I'm looking
into a way to use ramdrives for temporal storage of the zones.

What amount of storage do you normally need for a minimal install
running NTP daemon and BIND?

Thanks, 

Marcel
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Izumi Tsutsui | 18 Sep 2010 18:09
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NetBSD/cobalt 5.1_RC4 restorecd

Hi,

5.1_RC4 binaries seem ready on ftp.NetBSD.org,
so I've built and put 5.1_RC4 based NetBSD/cobalt restorecd:
http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/cobalt/restore-cd/5.1_RC4/

No particular changes restorecd installation procedure itself.
Briefly tested on Qube 2 with an old ThinkPad as i386 server.

See also "Restore CD Howto" for details:
http://www.NetBSD.org/ports/cobalt/restorecd-howto.html

Generic updates/fixes on 5.1_RC4 (since previous RC2 one) can be found in:
http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-5.1_RC4/CHANGES-5.1
http://cvsweb.NetBSD.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/doc/Attic/CHANGES-5.1.diff?r1=1.1.2.231&r2=1.1.2.244

Some highlights:
 - disklabel(8) fix for >1TB disks (in RC3)
 - fix openssl CVE-2010-2939
 - fsck_ffs(8) bug fix (it didn't possibly replay WAPBL journal)
 - fix ipfilter mbuf corruption on IPv6 ICMP etc.
 - sort(1) segfaults fix on large input
  etc.

Following ones may affect i386 server:
 - NVidia EHCI workaround (in RC3)
 - Core i7 CPU detection workaround

If you see any problem, please report here or via send-pr(1).
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