FreeBSD on Cobalt Raq 4 (AMD)

[Byron Servies]

On September 23, 2003 at 17:56, Frank Knobbe wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I've got a Cobalt Raq 4 here which is AMD (K6) based and has Linux
> installed. Instead of using it as a foot stool, I'd like to put FBSD on
> it and put it to real use. I'm aware of the NetBSD-on-Raq CD stuff which
> only works on non Intel Raqs. 
> 
> The boot process seems to be the only hurdle. The box has Grub in the
> ROM and uses it to boot /boot/vmlinux. So BSD boot sector won't fly.

Take a look at:

<ftp://ftp-eng.cobalt.com/pub/users/thockin/2.4/>

and see if the newer roms help out.  There is a bsd boot option,
but I don't know if it works or not.

Byron