About NetBSD/cobalt  

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

NetBSD/cobalt Information

• NetBSD/cobalt FAQ
• NetBSD/cobalt Restore CD Howto

Mailing Lists

• The NetBSD/cobalt mailing list, covering NetBSD's port to Cobalt Networks MIPS-based Qube and RaQ machines:
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• The NetBSD/mips mailing list, covering all of the MIPS-based NetBSD ports:
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Current Releases

• NetBSD/cobalt 2.0.2 via FTP
• NetBSD 2.0.2 release announcement
• NetBSD/cobalt 1.6.1 pre-built binary packages via the NetBSD Packages Collection
• NetBSD/cobalt changes to 1.6
• Changes from NetBSD 1.5 to NetBSD 1.6
• NetBSD FTP Mirror Sites
• NetBSD on CD-ROM

Future Releases

• NetBSD/cobalt changes from from 2.0 to 3.0
• binary snapshots of NetBSD-current

Related Links

• Mail the NetBSD/cobalt port maintainer

  NetBSD/cobalt News  

2004-12-09:   NetBSD 2.0 released

NetBSD 2.0 released with support for 48 architectures. More information is available in the 2.0 release announcement.

2004-03-01:   NetBSD 1.6.2 released

NetBSD 1.6.2 released with support for 40 architectures. More information is available in the 1.6.2 release announcement.

2003-04-21:   NetBSD 1.6.1 released

NetBSD 1.6.1 released with support for 40 architectures. More information is available in the 1.6.1 release announcement.

2002-09-14:   NetBSD 1.6 released

NetBSD 1.6 released with support for 39 architectures. More information is available in the 1.6 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.