I've done several RAQ2 installs, and have them in production as well. I have a RAQ3 but could not get it to run anything but linux. I have rebuilt it several times, but only succeeded with RH. I had to remove the HD for this install, and I assume you could get OBSD installed in the same way. I failed in my attempts to do so, but still think it could be done, maybe. I seem to recall having to use a specialized kernel in that box as well. In any case, moving the hd to another pc for install is the way to go.
Good luck. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel Ouellet Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 4:08 PM To: Wolfgang Kess Cc: misc@openbsd.org Subject: Re: OpenBSD for Sun Cobalt Qube3 Wolfgang Kess wrote: > Hi, > > can you give me some advice how to install OpenBSD > on a Sun Cobalt Qube 3, please? > > The Cube comes without cdrom or fd and no display > > I read about the PXE installation > http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq6.html#PXE > > > What kind of installation method do you recommend? > > > Regards > Wolfgang > > The Cube outdated Linux dmesg: I don't think it would work at all as the Cobalt always had their own hardware handling stuff. Plus to load it, you need a restore CD. If you really want to play with this and see if that can even load, even if I think it would not, you can start by making your restore CD based on the instructions here: http://netbsd.org/Ports/cobalt/restorecd-howto.html I did work with Denis and Alex to test it on the Cobalt RaQ 2. So, that's only a starts, but you are really on your own. The thing is that for the Cobalt, after it is loaded, you rlogin in the box to finish the configuration, but that's because the kernel is design that way for that box. In this case it wouldn't work. Assuming you can ever get the box to netboot and that it would actually detect the hardware properly, then you would need to built a configuration that would make the box in a working state for you to then access it. Usually you can do this via the console, but again, I don't think it would work out of the box on the console, but the only way to know if to try it. I loaded NetBSD on plenty of Cobalt RaQ2 box http://openbsdsupport.org/netbsd/ But that's not going to do much for you in here. The Cobalt RaQ 2 is mips base and th4e RaQ 3 is i386 base. Good luck however. Would be nice to have it working in in, but I don't know.
