Re: FreeBSD on Cobalt Raq 4 (AMD)

From: Byron Servies (bservies_at_pacang.com)
Date: 09/24/03

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    Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 16:13:58 -0700
To: Frank Knobbe <frank@knobbe.us>

    On September 23, 2003 at 17:56, Frank Knobbe wrote:
    > Greetings,
    >
    > I've got a Cobalt Raq 4 here which is AMD (K6) based and has Linux
    > installed. Instead of using it as a foot stool, I'd like to put FBSD on
    > it and put it to real use. I'm aware of the NetBSD-on-Raq CD stuff which
    > only works on non Intel Raqs.
    >
    > The boot process seems to be the only hurdle. The box has Grub in the
    > ROM and uses it to boot /boot/vmlinux. So BSD boot sector won't fly.

    Take a look at:

    <ftp://ftp-eng.cobalt.com/pub/users/thockin/2.4/>

    and see if the newer roms help out. There is a bsd boot option,
    but I don't know if it works or not.

    Byron
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