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..I'd rather be coding ASM! | 3 Jan 2012 21:46
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Re: Qube 2 and Raq 2s for sale


*nod* I've only ever seen one in the wild, the rest have all been on 
fleabay.

Al

On Tue, 3 Jan 2012, Kieran Jacobsen wrote:

> Still looking at shipping costs.
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> I will keep my eyes open for the gateway units but haven't seen any in a while.
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> -------- Original message --------
> Subject: Re: Qube 2 and Raq 2s for sale
> From: "..I'd rather be coding ASM!" <uridium <at> deviate.fi>
> To: Kieran Jacobsen <kieran <at> kjacobsen.net>
> CC: "david <at> dalbert.net" <david <at> dalbert.net>,"port-cobalt <at> netbsd.org" <port-cobalt <at> netbsd.org>
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> *Chuckle* I understand. I'll not bid then.
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> Btw.. now that you've admitted your an addict (Hi Kieran etc..) and are
> trying to pokemon them. Have you spotted any badge engineered Gateway
> Microservers? They're black cased qubes. Kinda hot.
>
> I need to get mine working again. I miss it.
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David Albert | 9 Jan 2012 06:47

Re: Qube 2 and Raq 2s for sale

I just posted an ad on eBay for a custom RaQ 2 that some Cobalt fans
may find interesting:
      - power supply replaced with a beefier supply
      - 2x Seagate 80GB hard drives
      - New (quiet) fan
      - Added second new fan for redundancy
      - Latest NetBSD (5.1) installed
I built this to be a reliable (RAID, dual fans, new power supply,  
Cobalt, etc.)
but green server.  You can see it here:
    http://www.ebay.com/itm/180792690033
Starting bid is $25, buy it now for $60

I'll be posting another ad soon for a RaQ 2+ with 250GB hard drive,
new fan, NetBSD 5.1, etc.
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Richard Hamilton-Frost | 10 Jan 2012 16:19
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Re: Qube 2 and Raq 2s for sale

How does it run 2x 80gb? 2.5 laptop drives with 2.5 to 3.5 adaptors? I ask because I was planning on attempting
a 2 drive setup.

Regards,

Richard Hamilton-Frost

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On 9 Jan 2012, at 05:47, David Albert <david <at> dalbert.net> wrote:

> I just posted an ad on eBay for a custom RaQ 2 that some Cobalt fans
> may find interesting:
>     - power supply replaced with a beefier supply
>     - 2x Seagate 80GB hard drives
>     - New (quiet) fan
>     - Added second new fan for redundancy
>     - Latest NetBSD (5.1) installed
> I built this to be a reliable (RAID, dual fans, new power supply,  Cobalt, etc.)
> but green server.  You can see it here:
>   http://www.ebay.com/itm/180792690033
> Starting bid is $25, buy it now for $60
> 
> I'll be posting another ad soon for a RaQ 2+ with 250GB hard drive,
> new fan, NetBSD 5.1, etc.
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David Albert | 19 Jan 2012 11:33

Raq 2+ 256MB+16GB+SCSI +Extras for sale

I just posted on eBay for a Raq 2 + (dual-Ethernet, SCSI i/f, etc.) 
including:
     - rack ears
     - 256MB of RAM (yes, max'd out!)
     - a brand spanking new (and quiet) fan
     - I'm even throwing in a SCSI cable that fits the RaQ 2+ (hard to 
find!)

As you know, this is a great low-power server (less than 16W typical)
and it is in great shape.   You can see it here:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/180800053743
Only $24.99 starting bid, buy it now for $59.99.

As much as I love the Cobalt machines, between work and kids,
I don't have time for them anymore, so I'm auctioning them off
hoping they will find a good home.  These make great file/web/
email/etc. servers and can easily use 120GB and larger drives.

Of course NetBSD 5.1 is installed along with a choice selection of
packages (apache, ssh, tcsh, etc.)

This is my last RaQ 2 so I'm including my spare parts collection with it 
including:
     - spare power supply
     - spare 16GB drive with sled
     - spare memory SIMMs (32M and 16M SIMMs)

I only ship to the US (sorry).
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David Albert | 19 Jan 2012 11:47

pkg_install problem

I installed NetBSD/cobalt 5.1 from the install CD and noticed that the 
version of pkg_install included is incorrect (old) which prevents access 
to the nifty pre-compiled binary packages collection.  To fix this, I 
downloaded the correct pkg_install package (here:

ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/cobalt/5.1/pkgtools/pkg_install-20110215.tgz), 
ungzipped and untarred it and copied the correct binaries over the 
originals in /sbin.   After that, using pkgsrc was a snap.

Has anyone else seen this?
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