From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 5 10:31:13 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7029106566B for ; Tue, 5 May 2009 10:31:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from simond@irrelevant.org) Received: from out1.smtp.messagingengine.com (out1.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C92D8FC0A for ; Tue, 5 May 2009 10:31:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from simond@irrelevant.org) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.internal [10.202.2.41]) by out1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A27133B904; Tue, 5 May 2009 06:14:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: from web5.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.214]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Tue, 05 May 2009 06:14:22 -0400 Received: by web5.messagingengine.com (Postfix, from userid 99) id 1F6E9145AD; Tue, 5 May 2009 06:14:22 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <1241518462.1533.1313800225@webmail.messagingengine.com> X-Sasl-Enc: J6KP4FHEnm4LGvHZwxEW1gnXokfwo5V7jy7JJZjInnp5 1241518462 From: "Simon Dick" To: "Justin G." , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface References: <5da021490905010848q441781den54eefba85a69f342@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5da021490905010848q441781den54eefba85a69f342@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 05 May 2009 11:14:22 +0100 Cc: Subject: Re: Cobalt Raq 550 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 May 2009 10:31:14 -0000 On Fri, 1 May 2009 08:48:09 -0700, "Justin G." said: > Hello Hackers, > > We came into a Cobalt Raq 550 the other day and were wondering if we > could put it to use. I've googled and googled and found only guides > for Linux installs. Much of it is quite similar, but my issue is with > the loader on the device being able to boot into FreeBSD. The device > searches for linux kernel images when booting. > > Does anyone have any experience with installing FreeBSD on a Raq 550? > I wasn't able to find a website with much detail and would appreciate > any hints or leads :-) Doesn't the RaQ 550 have a basic Linux kernel in it's flash? I worked with them at my last job, I don't remember hearing about anyone who'd managed to get anything except linux working on it though (though I'm sure someone must have!) -- Simon Dick simond@irrelevant.org