(I'm posting this for the archives.)
Thanks to a donation from Steven Fettig we have fixed the problem
with using the keyboard at the boot prompt. This is in CVS, and
in the latest snapshots.
The keyboard does work under OpenBSD (including the installer), as
long as ACPI is used. The keyboard
Not working for me. I get this far:
CD_ROM: 90
Loading /CDBOOT
probing: pc0 com0 mem(699K 991M a20=on)
disk: hd0+* cd0
boot c
and there it stays forever. I suspect the c following the boot prompt
is left over from hold c to boot from cd. The keyboard at this point
is dead.
Any
On 12/1/2006 at 9:51 AM Jason Dixon wrote:
|You can pick up cheap VLAN-capable switches on eBay. I have a Dell
|3024 at home which works fine and runs $100-150 used. I'd never use
|these in an enterprise environment, but they're fine for home
testing.
=
Quick comment: the Dell
On 12/1/06, Marco S Hyman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Not working for me. I get this far:
CD_ROM: 90
Loading /CDBOOT
probing: pc0 com0 mem(699K 991M a20=on)
disk: hd0+* cd0
boot c
and there it stays forever. I suspect the c following the boot prompt
is left over from hold c to boot from cd.
Any ideas? I'd really like to get OpenBSD up on this beasty.
There could be another way to install OpenBSD if you can't make the
USB keyboard work while installing, I saw that in this post:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-miscm=116432931720765w=2
Well, at least theoretically, one
Tasmanian Devil writes:
Well, at least theoretically, one could just replace the install script
by one that does whatever you want it to, without asking any questions.
Maybe that's easier than building an ACPI enabled bsd.rd?
No, building an ACPI enabled bsd.rd was quite easy. It took
No, building an ACPI enabled bsd.rd was quite easy. It took more tries
to build a working bsd for the running system -- just adding ACPI and
MP to the generic kernel does NOT work with -current code -- than it did
to get a working bsd.rd.
However, the system dies under load. Took be about 4
Tasmanian Devil writes:
Hmm... sounds like I shouldn't update my source tree (it's still from
Nov. 12, 2006). I had no crashes at all here so far.
Are you running stock Nov. 12, 2006 or that code plus patches?
As for creating a bsd.rd that works with the mini...
The easiest way to do that
Hmm... sounds like I shouldn't update my source tree (it's still from
Nov. 12, 2006). I had no crashes at all here so far.
Are you running stock Nov. 12, 2006 or that code plus patches?
My kernel and kernel sources are from Nov. 12, 2006, there's no
important kernel patch since that date
- Original message -
You can pick up cheap VLAN-capable switches on eBay. I have a Dell ...
Bleh - the last time I messed with them (2-3 years ago), they were crap.
On 12/1/06, Jason Dixon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Dec 1, 2006, at 1:16 AM, Antoine Jacoutot wrote:
On Thu, 30 Nov 2006,
On Thursday 30 November 2006 15:34, Tasmanian Devil wrote:
Boot Camp: No, it's not required, it works fine with a usual
OpenBSD-only configured internal harddisk, at least with
Boot-ROM-Version MM11.0055.B05 and Boot-ROM-Version MM11.0055.B08. Of
course you can only upgrade if you install a
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-sparcm=116483175532387w=2
It may be possible to do something similar with the mini?
Maybe, yes. Interesting! :-) At least Macs can do a netboot. Though
you'd probably need an EFI guru to make that work... Bsically there
might even be a more easy way to
On Dec 1, 2006, at 8:25 AM, J.C. Roberts wrote:
On Thursday 30 November 2006 15:34, Tasmanian Devil wrote:
Boot Camp: No, it's not required, it works fine with a usual
OpenBSD-only configured internal harddisk, at least with
Boot-ROM-Version MM11.0055.B05 and Boot-ROM-Version MM11.0055.B08. Of
Ah, yes, booting from CD. Maybe I was really a little bit lucky with
that because it worked quite well here right from the beginning. ;-)
I'm not being so lucky :-(
Boot Camp: No, it's not required, it works fine with a usual
OpenBSD-only configured internal harddisk, at least with
I'm not being so lucky :-(
I'm sure you will not give up, it's worth it! :-)
Some recent CD: The 4.0 release CD and snapshots from Nov. 12, 2006 or
later should boot fine, a few snapshots between that didn't work. You
don't need a -current boot CD to install a -current (or snapshot)
What is the status of the Mac Mini? I saw some messages and patches
regarding the mini flowing by a week or three ago but didn't own one
at that time so wasn't paying attention. Are the patches in CVS?
Thanks,
// marc
What is the status of the Mac Mini? I saw some messages and patches
regarding the mini flowing by a week or three ago but didn't own one
at that time so wasn't paying attention. Are the patches in CVS?
Yes, works really fine on my mini. :-) Last time I installed a
snapshot (from Nov. 24,
Yes, works really fine on my mini. :-) Last time I installed a
Thank you. The goal is to have the mini replace my dying sparc64
as a web server. Small, low power draw, quiet: I like that.
// marc
as a web server.
If your server will not be near by, this post might also be
interesting for you:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-miscm=116443142317676w=2 :-)
Tas.
Thank you. The goal is to have the mini replace my dying sparc64
as a web server. Small, low power draw, quiet: I like that.
Quite expensive also
Luca Losio wrote:
Thank you. The goal is to have the mini replace my dying sparc64
as a web server. Small, low power draw, quiet: I like that.
Quite expensive also
When you compare its price/performance versus something like a Soekris,
it looks pretty good and is still a reasonably
On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, Marco S Hyman wrote:
Thank you. The goal is to have the mini replace my dying sparc64
as a web server. Small, low power draw, quiet: I like that.
Yes, too bad it only includes 1 ethernet adapter.
--
Antoine
Yeah, I saw that one. Since the server won't live in my pocket it'll
be something that I add to rc.local.
Or earlier in the boot process, like in /etc/rc.securelevel. I was
even a bit more adventurous, I've put this right after the mount
commands and this lines:
# pick up option configuration
Your comment on its own is of little value since most of us are already
aware of the pricing of the Mini, or we can easily find out if we aren't.
Oh sorry for ruining your day with this...
Stupid question number eleventy seven... is boot camp required?
I tried booting a someone recent i386 CD by holding down the C
key while powering on and got to the OpenBSD cd boot -- where the
system seemed to hang. Guess: it needs a keyboard, doesn't recognize
the USB keyboard, I need boot
Some recent CD: The 4.0 release CD and snapshots from Nov. 12, 2006 or
later should boot fine, a few snapshots between that didn't work. You
don't need a -current boot CD to install a -current (or snapshot) file
set.
The CD I tried was a home grown snapshot of -current from October
That
I don't have a bluetooth keyboard to play with. I can, however,
make a bsd.rd that has ACPI it that's what it takes. Time to
play some more.
Yes, that should work if you can build the bsd.rd just like the bsd.mp
with ACPI enabled, even configuring the network while installing
should work
Thank you. The goal is to have the mini replace my dying sparc64
as a web server. Small, low power draw, quiet: I like that.
Yes, too bad it only includes 1 ethernet adapter.
Um, no, there are two ethernet adapters included, the Marvell Yukon
and the wifi adapter:
$ dmesg | grep ath
ath0
On Nov 30, 2006, at 5:43 PM, Antoine Jacoutot wrote:
On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, Marco S Hyman wrote:
Thank you. The goal is to have the mini replace my dying sparc64
as a web server. Small, low power draw, quiet: I like that.
Yes, too bad it only includes 1 ethernet adapter.
That's what VLANs
On Fri, 1 Dec 2006, Tasmanian Devil wrote:
Yes, too bad it only includes 1 ethernet adapter.
Um, no, there are two ethernet adapters included, the Marvell Yukon
and the wifi adapter:
Since when is a wireless adapter an ethernet adapter?
--
Antoine
On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, Jason Dixon wrote:
Yes, too bad it only includes 1 ethernet adapter.
That's what VLANs are for. Just make sure your switch doesn't allow hopping.
:)
Ah yes ;-)
Although, playing with the mini as a server looks more like something I
would do at home where I don't have
Yes, too bad it only includes 1 ethernet adapter.
Um, no, there are two ethernet adapters included, the Marvell Yukon
and the wifi adapter:
Since when is a wireless adapter an ethernet adapter?
Ah yes, sorry. You're right!
Tas.
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