[cobalt-developers] RE: Re. Putting Debian on a Qube2

[dutchwizard@xxxxxxxxxxxx (M.C. Deurloo)]

Too bad your assumption is incorrect. Raq4 is intel-based, Qube2 is MIPS. Thanks for trying though,

mcd

Paul <pschulz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>M.C.,
>
>I have successfully installed Debian on a Raq4. (I'm assuming that the
>Cube2 is of the same family, so hopefully these comments are useful.)
>
>There is a very helpful webpage at
>http://traumatized.org/linux/cobalt/kernel.php
>
>It talks about 'slackware' but the method is the same.
>
>You need to upgrade the ROM (see thockin's README at
>ftp://ftp.cobaltnet.com/pub/users/thockin/2.4/
>
>This page also has the source for 2.4.13, with the code to get the
>panel, buttons etc. working on the box.  The catch is that the source
>is in an rpm package (version 4) which needs the most recent 'rpm' and
>'librpm4' debian packages, as well as an upgrade of libc6 (to 2.2.4).
>
>I'm currently in the process of doing all of this.. (have to wait till
>Monday to reboot the sucker) but the kernel and modules compile.
>
>Paul 
>
>ps. You did remember to put the compressed kernel in /boot/vmlinux.gz
>
>> I recently acquired a Qube2. I am trying to install Debian on this
>> thingy. I can upload a 2.4.5 kernel through the serial port, using the
>> ROM loader. I can netboot, thru nfs, but this has strange, unsuccesful
>> ending.
>>
>> I have a 2.4.5 kernel on it now (on disk), but booting is still not
>> a success. My problem seems to be that the kernel parameters I enter
>> on the ROM loaders 'bfd' command are not delivered to the kernel
>> intact (or not at all). Some kind of default parameters seem to be
>> used.
>>
>> In several messages on the discussion board (archives), I find the
>> 'boot;set_params single;bfd' solution for more recent Qubes. That is
>> exactly what I would like to be able to do... set boot parameters
>> for the kernel.
>>
>> Is there any way to do this and override the default parameters?
>> (For example thru manipulating memory settings)
>>
>> Does anyone have a working Debian setup yet?
>> 
>> Kind regards,
>> 
>> M.C. Deurloo
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