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COBALT NETWORKS / SUN QUBE SW - defaultrouteuk - 05-01-2021
Comrades.
I am in need of some assistance. I count myself as a fairly tolerant and patient man. I am also adept enough in the ways of the torrent and the search. However, I am defeated.
Do any of the kind Lords of IRIX dabble in Cobalt kit from the late 90's/early 00's?
I've got two Qubes, a MIPS 2 and an i386 3. I've put NetBSD 9.1 on the 2 because I intend to use it. But I'd like to get the 3 running the last working (I don''t care about security) Strongbolt + CentOS + BlueQuartz ISO. Even if you had the Strongbolt ISO that'll be enough because I have the other parts. I've looked on raqport but they appear to be defunct or at least incapable of doing business.
If anyone was this legacy, unsupported and useless software iso I'd appreciate knowing where you go it or pointing me to a link.
Cheers
Rich
RE: COBALT NETWORKS / SUN QUBE SW - Raion - 05-01-2021
I have seen this software around but I don't have a link myself. I will ask around for you.
RE: COBALT NETWORKS / SUN QUBE SW - sjo1997 - 05-01-2021
I have the Cobalt Recovery ISO for both Qube 2 and Qube 3 if that is what you are looking for. I went looking around for them a while ago. I know the Qube 3 ISO works but the Qube 2 I have yet to get to work with my unit at least. I uploaded them to Dropbox since they are meant to be burnt to a cd for recovery. I don't know what the process for getting NetBSD on the Qubes is but i will say that the Qube Recovery ISOs are a pain because they only have a few ethernet cards that will allow for information to be sent the the Qube correctly. Any way here are the files: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/35rh9uorkctnqbo/AAB7uVcJzMzIK_qrcK88vPrLa?dl=0
RE: COBALT NETWORKS / SUN QUBE SW - defaultrouteuk - 05-01-2021
Cheers guys. I owned two of these before. One from new :-) I’m ok with the restore and I have NetBSD 9.1 running like a champ on the Qube2.
The issue with the old original restore CDs isn’t so much they don’t work except they have a lame script checking what network card you have. It supports NE100 or the old 3COM 100Mbps b card. Awkward.
EDIT: I see you wrote the same - you're totally right. I've even tried emulation for the similar cards in VMware/Vitualbox and KVM - all fail. It's a driver thing - I guess the kernel has a burned in specific card. It would be easier if I had a period computer to load it in but never mind. The NetBSD install on the Qube2 is fairly straightforward. If I can get the Qube3 running I'll do a YT video I guess. It's not rocket science but is frustrating to say the least when it doesn't work :-)
Appreciated the Qube2 ISO for my software store but it doesn’t get me to where I’d like to be unfortunately. I really need to find a strongbolt ISO for the K6 32-bit qube 3. Great feedback though - mucho appreciated.