Note that the Cobalt firmware only recognises the Master IDE HDD plugged into the onboard socket. The Qube2 can happily accept any PCI SCSI card that will physically fit inside the case (I'm happily using a Adaptec AHA-2940AU PCI SCSI card without any problems). The original Qube, as well as the Qube2, had a single ATA66 IDE socket on the main board. Here is the result:Īdditionally some RaQ 2's have an onboard LSI-Logic ( this photo) SCSI controller (NCR53C810, ultra narrow) which hooks to an additional mini-micro 50-pin SCSI port at the back. (With the latest Colo and Debian Lenny I have run 1x 512GB 7200RPM drive in it, without any issues, don't know if this works for everybody)Īnother, better performing solution for 1U RaQ's for someone with some soldering experience is to enable the second IDE channel by fitting the components for it (the IDE circuitry is already there, one just needs a handful of resistors, a diode and the connector). Of course this requires another IDE ribbon cable with 3 connectors, as well as a Molex splitter since the motherboard has only one power outlet. They also have a single IDE socket, which means that the two disks are to be mounted on the same IDE interface. 137GB - also please keep the rating of the power supply in mind, Jim Gifford recommends against using a second disk faster than 5400 RPM). The 19", 1U RaQ-case fits for up to two hard disks (each max. From now on you should see the Cobalt firmware (or CoLo) starting up. When "Console ON" appears on the LCD panel, power-cycle the box. On RaQ machines this button is behind the hole on the lower right corner of the LCD (use eg a pin to operate). To enable this during the startup, hold in the "password reset" button whilst powering the unit on. These boxes are completely headless though the Qube2 and RaQ/RaQ2 provide a serial console port (originally running at 115200 bps, 8-bits, no parity, 1 stop bit). Maximum is 256MB (2x128MB DRAM EDO SIMMs, 3.3V). The boxes came with standard amounts between 16 and 256MB RAM. The RaQ 2 uses Galileo GT-64111 System Controller and VIA Technologies VT82C586.Īll boxes have two 72-PIN EDO slots on the same board as the CPU. The RaQ uses Galileo GT-64011 System Controller and VIA Technologies VT82C586A (Apollo VP) PCI-ISA Bridge and IDE UDMA-33 controller. Running a 32-bit kernel however is quite stable. This processor is a MIPS IV architecture with minor extensions.Īt the moment, Linux/MIPS will run in 64-bit mode on these machines, but support is very experimental at the moment, and therefore is not recommended for production use. Qube 2 and Raq 2 use the RM5231 CPU which doubles the cache size over the RM5230 running at upto 250MHz. Additionally certain basic settings could be set using the LCD display and the control buttons.Ĭobalt Qube and Cobalt RaQ were equipped with RM5230 processors running at 150MHz. The boxes were shipped with a web-based administration GUI on top of a Red Hat Linux running a 2.0.x-kernel. Therefore they were sold with different hardware options regarding memory, storage options and networking. The machines were build to suit different purposes. (which was later bought by Sun Microsystems).
Gentoo Serial Terminal Program series#
The Qube and RaQ series was created by Cobalt Networks Inc.
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