Retrochallenge 2012 (Dreamcast and a VAX?)

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This month is RetroChallenge 2012 http://retrochallenge.org/ - which has in the rules "Gaming consoles and PDAs qualify if they were made in the previous century."

I think the DC just about qualifies

While not strictly Dreamshell related I decided to add an entry booting my Dreamcast from a VAXstation - as a nice "retro-combo" option...

http://netbsd0.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/re...ccess.html

Is anyone else doing anything DC related for the RetroChallenge?

Oh - of course the URL for the webserver running on the Dreamcast is http://orac.absd.org/

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I'm more interested in assembling a working linux kernel, I tried to build some last versions, but they do not work: (

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(16.07.2012 09:43)SWAT писал(а):  I'm more interested in assembling a working linux kernel, I tried to build some last versions, but they do not work: (

Just curious, is there something that Linux provides that is not on NetBSD, or is it just preference?

Certainly NetBSD itself is cross buildable from pretty much any posix system (just download the source tree and run "./build.sh -m dreamcast release" will build a full system including release media.

Or just burn one of the BIN kernels from http://ftp.netbsd.org?

I'm pretty certain you would not need anything from the next two links but for anyone following along...

• Burning NetBSD/dreamcast CD from Windows
• Burning NetBSD/dreamcast CD from NetBSD
  

I'm currently (when I get time) playing with the dc-burn-netbsd script referenced in the second link to make a full system (including compiler & X) with root-on-cd with a tmpfs union mount.

Obviously having the BBA makes a root-on-nfs system trivial, but its nice to have options.

It might also be nice to repurpose some of the video or audio ram when running a non gaming OS. just to give a little more headroom.

btw - orac & wopr are currently off as we moved offices on Friday and I've not had time to set them up again

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NetBSD very slow to boot. I wanted to build a light linux kernel with busybox, it would be loaded faster and I would like to write under Linux.

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(22.07.2012 13:18)SWAT писал(а):  NetBSD very slow to boot. I wanted to build a light linux kernel with busybox, it would be loaded faster and I would like to write under Linux.

Is that the kernel loading or the startup scripts (once the kernel probe messages have finished)?

There is a *lot* of cruft in the startup scripts which are unnecessary, and NetBSD has a crunchgen option similar to busybox (the GENERIC_MD kernels use it).

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Maybe I will test it.