Installing NetBSD 2.1 on Quadra 950

On Thu, 4 May 2006, William Duke wrote:

> Have you encountered any problems with running NetBSD
on your Quadra
> 950?   I have a Quadra 950 kicking around here that I
might try
> installing NetBSD on.

Apart from the problem of not getting the login prompt,
until I have added
ttyZ0 to /etc/ttys, there were no other problems.

> Keep us posted on usability.

I think of making the Quadra a DNS/MX/WEB/Printer server.
I have an Apple Laser printer which I'd like to use from
the other
computers also. So I imagine NetBSD + netatalk will be a
good choice.
It would be nice to have also ADB support but ... that's
not here yet.
I recall form other postings that somebody is working on
this.

Not to forget, if you activate sshd during the installation
one has to
wait arround 15-30 minutes at the first boot while
generating all the
host keys. The machine seems to be frozen but is not .

Regards,

Gheorghe Ardelean.

On May 4, 2006, at 10:25 AM, Gheorghe Ardelean wrote:

> On Thu, 4 May 2006, William Duke wrote:
>
>> Have you encountered any problems with running
NetBSD on your Quadra
>> 950?   I have a Quadra 950 kicking around here that
I might try
>> installing NetBSD on.
>
> Apart from the problem of not getting the login prompt,
until I  
> have added
> ttyZ0 to /etc/ttys, there were no other problems.

I used a Quadra 950 running 2.1 as a home appletalk server
for a  
while. Other than periodic panics every few days due to some
 
assertion in the filesystem code, I had no problems.
Something in the  
daily cron script seemed to trip the panic, so it wasn't
more than an  
annoyance because it only happened at 2 in the morning when
nothing  
was using the machine. I did file a bug report, so the
details are  
somewhere in the bug database.

I eventually replaced it with a B&W G3 running OS X
Server when I  
needed more than a 10 Mb/s ethernet and needed support for
long file  
names.

Anyone on the list want my Q950? It's yours for the cost of
shipping,  
or pick it up yourself for free.

Regards,
-Steve
-- 
Steve Byan <stevebyanmac.com>
Littleton, MA 01460