NetBSD/cobalt

About NetBSD/cobalt

NetBSD/cobalt is the port of NetBSD to Cobalt Networks' MIPS-based Microservers, now known as Sun Server Appliances.

NetBSD/cobalt News

2008-11-05:   NetBSD 5.0_BETA restore CD

The first restore CD of NetBSD/cobalt 5.0_BETA using 20081103 snapshot is available for testing at ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/cobalt/restore-cd/5.0_BETA/. See instructions.txt for details.

2008-10-18:   NetBSD 4.0.1 restore CD

New Restore CD build script and ISO image built from NetBSD/cobalt 4.0.1 release are available for testing and critique at ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/cobalt/restore-cd/4.0.1/. See README, CHANGES files in the tar.gz archive and instructions.txt for details.

2008-10-13:   NetBSD 4.0.1 released

NetBSD 4.0.1 has been released. More information is available in the 4.0.1 release announcement.

2007-12-19:   NetBSD 4.0 released

NetBSD 4.0 has been released. More information is available in the 4.0 release announcement.

2006-11-04:   NetBSD 3.1 released

NetBSD 3.1, the first maintenance release of the netbsd-3 release branch, has been released with binary distributions for 53 architectures. More information is available in the 3.1 release announcement.

2006-04-01:   New Restore CD build script

Dennis Chernoivanov has announced the availability of a new Restore CD build script, now available for testing and critique at ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/cdi/cobalt/restorecd.tar.gz. A NetBSD 3.99.17 restore CD built using these tools is available at ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/cdi/cobalt/NetBSD3.99.17-restoreCD.iso. See his email to the port-cobalt mailing list for further details.

2005-12-23:   NetBSD 3.0 released

NetBSD 3.0 has been released with support for 57 architectures. More information is available in the 3.0 release announcement.

Archive of NetBSD/cobalt news items

Supported System Models

All MIPS-based Qube and RaQ series systems from Cobalt Networks as well as the Gateway Micro Servers are supported.

The Phoenix Firewall Appliance Microserver and some versions of the Seagate NasRaQ may also be supported.

A built-in serial port is required for installation.

RaQ 3/4 Note

Note that the i386-based RaQ 3, RaQ 3i and RaQ 4 models are not supported by the cobalt port.